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Feb 10, 2023 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
#ONNanalysis 1. While much attention this week has been on the 🇰🇵’s paraded missiles, 🇰🇷 is continuing to progress in the development of its own missile programme. 🇰🇷 likely conducted tests for its new ‘high-power’ Hyunmoo, also known as Hyunmoo-5, in recent days.
2. @planet imagery shows a probable missile launcher on the launch pad at the Agency for Defence Development’s (ADD) test site on 31 January, one day before reporting on a planned launch for 3 February started appearing in South Korean media. en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN202302…
DPRK State media reported on Monday on the country’s missile launch campaign from 2 to 5 Nov 2022. ONN has compiled the following information regarding the launches based on information provided by Japan, the ROK and the DPRK.
As can be seen from the table above, there are some discrepancies in the information provided by the 3 different countries. The ROK claimed the DPRK’s report on the “strategic cruise missile” launches to be false. t.ly/VgaX t.ly/Q4Uo
Mar 24, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
1. On 24 Mar 2022, the #DPRK conducted an apparently successful test of an international ballistic missile (#ICBM). This was the first such test since Nov 2017 and marked the official end to the DPRK ICBM and nuclear test moratorium. 2. According to 🇺🇸JCS and 🇯🇵MoD, the ICBM was launched at ~2:33 pm local time. It followed a highly lofted trajectory, with an apogee of >6200 km before splashing down ~150 km west of 🇯🇵Toshima Peninsula, 1080 km from its launch site at 🇰🇵Sunan airfield. The flight took ~71 min.
Jan 5, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
1. DPRK just released an official image of the ballistic missile tested on 5 Jan (pic 1). It appears to be the new hypersonic weapon first revealed during the Oct 2021 weapon exhibition (marked as Missile B in pic 2). Full ONN report on the exhibition: bit.ly/3HBIM5l2. Same as the Hwasong-12, the missile is carried by a MAZ-547 truck. However, the missile appears to be much shorter than the HS-12, as evidenced by the clips on the erection arms: they have been moved back to hold the shorter missile (see pic below)
Oct 12, 2021 • 11 tweets • 7 min read
THREAD: DPRK held a defence exhibition on 11 Oct. Most weapons displayed had been shown before. This thread highlights some of the exhibits showcased in the event. 1. New-type ICBM that made its public debut on 10 Oct 2020 but has yet to be flight tested.
For more info see: thebulletin.org/2020/10/two-ke…