This Is Our Best Look Yet At North Korea’s Hypersonic Missile
The Hwasong-8 missile was just one of North Korea’s most advanced weapons on display at a glitzy Kim Jong Un-hosted event.
The Hwasong-8 missile was just one of North Korea’s most advanced weapons on display at a glitzy Kim Jong Un-hosted event.
A nuclear-armed cruise missile could significantly enhance the credibility of North Korea’s nuclear deterrent.
The launches were also the first ballistic missile tests to have occurred since President Joe Biden took office.
The latest Pukguksong-5 submarine-launched ballistic missile comes amid a burst of anti-American rhetoric from Kim Jong-un.
A giant new intercontinental ballistic missile was just one of the many revelations from the remarkably well-produced showcase of North Korea’s authoritarian might.
The pool party barge is just one part of a fleet of luxury vessels and other craft the regime maintains for the Kim family.
It seems clear now that the period of detente between North Korea the United States is at its end. Following the Central Committee’s annual meeting, Kim made it totally clear that he won’t stand for the ongoing sanctions regime the U.S. has put into place and that new strategic weapons are needed.
Although the actual benefits of such a spectacle are dubious at best, six MiG-29s were seen flying in the air at the same time.
It’s corny, but the horse is special in North Korean culture, making this among the most propaganda-laden imagery the regime can distribute.
North Korea appears to have test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile, or SLBM, from an offshore platform for the first time in three years, with it coming crashing down with Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone, or EEZ. The launch follows the announcement that the U.S. and North Korean governments had agreed to begin new working-level talks on the latter country’s nuclear weapons programs. It also comes amid growing strains between the United States and its regional allies, Japan and South Korea, over a variety of issues on and off the Korean Peninsula.