Kim Jong-un observes a hypersonic missile test at an undisclosed location in North Korea. File photo: KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY
Analysts say these individuals appear to have guaranteed job security because of the resources and effort expended to educate and train them, and they are sequestered to special districts so they are neither a defection risk nor a political or social nuisance to the regime. The scientists and engineers often appear split into competing teams designing similar types of weapons, allowing them to go down multiple routes to see which technology is the most promising, said Ken Gause, director of the International Affairs Group at CNA, a non-profit research and analysis organisation based in Arlington, Virginia.
A fourth official — Pak Jong Chon, the chief of the General Staff — has also assumed a higher-profile role in the Military Industry Department , which is responsible for production of strategic weapons, Gause said.Pak oversaw many recent tests in the absence of Kim Jong Un, who didn’t attend any missile launches in 2021, before observing one of the hypersonic missile launches in January.
An event where the only personnel are from NADS/SANS means the system is still in the research & development phase, for example. If an event combines NADS and the Second Economic Committee, that often means that the system is moving from development to production and manufacturing.
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