The newspaper said that North Korea managed to improve its missiles after 2019, and this situation made it difficult to intervene. nikkei.
In particular, rockets were converted to solid fuel engines – this will complicate satellite reconnaissance and speed up the preparation of the rocket for launch, since liquid fuel engines take a long time to refuel and cannot be stored in a full state. long time. However, solid rockets also have disadvantages.
The newspaper states that after 2019, the DPRK increased the total share of rocket launches with solid fuel engines. In addition, the missiles became more maneuverable – it became more difficult to stop them.
Previously on the Federation Council commented Adoption of the decree of the DPRK on nuclear weapons.
North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly adopted a decree entitled “Policy Regarding Nuclear Weapons”.
The document contains 11 paragraphs with theses on the purpose of nuclear weapons, the composition of nuclear forces, command and control over them, principles of use of weapons, mobilization and other issues.