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Markus Schiller
@RocketSchiller
Mostly rocket stuff.
Apr 14, 2023 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Some early thoughts on the #NorthKorea #Hwasong18 #Missile launch. 🧵 North Korea promised a lot over the past years, but they keep delivering. Solid ICBMs were hinted at as early as April 2017. 1/ Image
Jan 15, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
UPDATE:
Risking to sound as if I'm talking about @PlayStation , I will refer to the Pukguksong-4 from October 2020 as the PS4 (left), and the Pukguksong-5 from the recent parade as the PS5 (right). 1/

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Image A second look shows that PS4 and PS5 were both carried by the same trailers. Diameter looks quite the same. The PS5 looks a little longer - but it's not. This impression is made by the mock-up's position on the trailer, the shroud, and the paint job. 2/
Oct 12, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Some thoughts on the new NK Pukguksong-4A SLBM. First, dimensions. Always hard to figure that out, but I doubt the 2.15 m diameter I’ve seen floating around. That would put it in one league with the Russian Bulava, Chinese JL-2, and US Trident II D5. 1/x While some analysts seem to expect such a leap from NK, I have my doubts. It took Russia a decade, and China longer than that, to get such a missile working. Also, the soldiers sitting in front of the PS-4A missile would all have to be basketball players if it was 2.15 m. 2/x
May 8, 2020 • 18 tweets • 5 min read
This guy either is a simple brat, or a paid troll, but I will use this argument to clarify some things about the North Korean KN-02 and its “improved version”. @RobotikaAutomat , at the next insult you’ll be the first one I ever blocked and reported. 1/18
The great @JamesMartinCNS NK Missile Test Database over at @NTI_WMD starts listing KN-02 launches from 2013 on. This may be due to their self-imposed restriction of only adding missiles beyond 500 kg payload and 300 km range. 2/18
Nov 6, 2019 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The statement from a Seoul official that "North Korea is not capable of firing ICBMs from mobile launchers" should not be a surprise. It seems not everyone had a close look at the available Hwasong-14 and Hwasong-15 launch photos. (1/5)

en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN201911… There was some infrastructure hidden in a nearby trench at the Hwasong-14 maiden flight in July 2017. Cables were connecting the rocket with that trench. (2/5)
Sep 4, 2019 • 20 tweets • 6 min read
The following Thread is not to be seen as a full analysis, but more like some thoughts on things that should have been pointed out a while ago. Since they were not, I will do that now. So, here are some thoughts on the new #NorthKorea “ATACMS-lookalike” #missile. 1/19 According to open source knowledge, this missile type was first launched August 10, 2019 (2 launches 16 minutes apart), and again August 16 (2 launches 15 minutes apart). 2/19