North Korean ICBMs Believed to be Elaborate Fakes

[Conley]

Earlier this month at a parade in Pyongyang, the North Korean authorities caught the attention of a number of western experts by displaying what appeared to be six road-mobile inter-continental ballistic missiles.

It was the first time that this system had been seen in public and it appeared to mark yet another step forward in North Korea's ambitious missile development programme.

But now, after a careful study of pictures from the parade, a team of German arms experts thinks the missiles are not quite what they seem.

The North Korean authorities clearly intended the parade to impress onlookers with a display of military might.

The six new long-range missiles carried on top of massive, wheeled transporter vehicles certainly provoked interest.

For a start many analysts wondered where these giant vehicles had come from.

There were strong indications that they may actually have been supplied by a Chinese company. Beijing might well be embarrassed to be seen to be supporting Pyongyang's missile development programme.

But now attention has switched back to the missiles themselves, for, after a careful study of images from the parade, two German missile experts, Markus Schiller and Robert Schmucker, have published a paper suggesting that the North Korean missiles are fakes - elaborate mock-ups and not the real thing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17867174

This article was a lot more funny before I got to the end of it. I don't care...I'm still laughing

[MMC]

Yeah and this comes out now as the North told the South they will Turn Seoul in to Ashes. Is someone trying to take a little poke at N. Korea?

[Captain Obvious]

North Korea is like a bad Pokemon cartoon.

[Peter1469]

Seriously, our overt posture towards this Clown Country should be to ignore it. Of course covert activity should continue.

[waltky]

Fatboy gonna put anthrax warheads on No. Korean missiles...

North Korea now testing anthrax on ICBMs: report
December 20, 2017 - North Korea is testing whether its missiles capable of hitting the U.S. are also capable of carrying the deadly bacteria anthrax, according to a report.

The Kim Jong Un regime is looking into whether it can prevent the biological weapon from dying out in the extreme heats that an intercontinental ballistic missile endures when it goes through the Earth’s atmosphere, the Asahi newspaper reported Wednesday. The report, based off of a source in South Korea, said that it did not have confirmation about whether the tests had been successful.

North Korea has been developing its missile program for decades, and a test last month let the world know that it has the U.S. East Coast within range of its latest Hwasong model. It has also tested nuclear weapons several times, most recently in September with what it says was a hydrogen bomb.

Though the Kim regime has answered threats from President Trump about “fire and fury” with the trumpeting of its own nuclear weapons, the U.S. and allies have also been worried about other non-atomic weapons. Both chemical and biological weapons were mentioned in reference to North Korea in a National Security Strategy unveiled by Trump on Tuesday.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...icle-1.3710699

[Tahuyaman]

North Korean ICBMs Believed to be Elaborate Fakes

Gee, I wonder where I heard that before?

[Peter1469]

Their last ICBM didn't survive reentry. And to think they can deliver anthrax that way is hysterics.