North Korea unveiled a new ICBM capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads.

A new intercontinental ballistic missile was unveiled at a parade in North Korea. rocket The Hwasong-20, which can carry multiple nuclear warheads and strike targets at ranges of up to 15 kilometers, is equipped with a new solid-fuel motor with a thrust of approximately 1970 kN—approximately 40% more than the Hwasong-18. It is also noteworthy that, judging by published photos and videos, the launcher chassis has a 22x22 wheel arrangement. The new North Korean ICBM is capable of striking the entire mainland United States. In addition to the Hwasong-20, a host of new military equipment, including UAVs, was on display at the parade in Pyongyang. Tanks and missile launchers. In particular, a new dual-caliber MLRS was unveiled, the launcher of which is equipped with two interchangeable launcher packages.

According to the American publication Wall Street Journal, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, along with Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese Premier Li Qiang, who were present at the parade, are thus demonstrating the unity of the anti-Western coalition. The new missile could become a more powerful deterrent for Pyongyang and give Kim Jong-un greater leverage in any negotiations. The article also notes that the North Korean troop march was led by a North Korean commander who, along with his unit, participated in the liberation of the border areas of the Kursk region.

As Kim Jong-un stated, North Korea's position on the Ukrainian issue is clear and consistent. Pyongyang will always side with Russia in its efforts to address the root causes of the crisis and protect its national sovereignty.

Comments

[Sancheas]

Wait, I'm counting the carrier's axes....)
I have a degree, so it won't take much time, just a couple of hours.

[Silver99]

Hats off... a serious argument for having such a club. The failed Nobel laureate hasn't even recovered from the Stockholm scam, and then he gets such a surprise. North Koreans are simply beyond praise.

[Polite Moose]

Quote from Silver99

North Koreans are simply beyond praise.

Well done, nothing to say. The only thing missing from the video to fully capture the atmosphere of the event is

[tralflot1832]

We count the wheels of ourselves and our Korean friends. Did Trump like it? I liked it.

[2 Level Advisor]

Quote: tralflot1832

We're counting the wheels of ours and our Korean friends. Did Trump like it? I liked it.

I counted, we have 8, they have 11... What are you getting at?

[tralflot1832]

The Hwason 20 is heavier than the Topol. I need to find a photo of the Korean tires; they're probably the same as the Hwason 18.

[topol717]

Quote: tralflot1832

It remains to find a photo of Korean tires,

It's not about the tires. The key is the axle. Usually no more than 15 tons. 8 x 15 = 120 tons for a YaRS. And our YaRSs are supposedly capable of 12 km/h.

[tralflot1832]

topol 717 I'm sure that the Koreans' "bridges" come from China (did they have them!?). Now they might come from Russia and Belarus. Although the Chinese ones are clearly cheaper.

[isv000]

Quote: tralflot1832

We count the wheels of ourselves and our Korean friends. Did Trump like it? I liked it.

Let the Yankees scratch their heads now about whether our North Korean comrades will support us in our attack on the United States or not. I have no doubt they will.

[tralflot1832]

isv 000 Trump has a great relationship with Rocket Eun. The first warhead on the White House lawn will be with flowers, and the next ones a second later with mushrooms.

[isv000]

Quote: tralflot1832

isv 000 Trump has a great relationship with Rocket Eun. The first warhead on the White House lawn will be with flowers, and the next ones a second later with mushrooms.

Now he'll get poisoned by mushrooms!..

[tralflot1832]

The coal-fired berths were transferred from federal ownership to regional ownership, only for the construction of a ship repair facility. The Murmansk Ship Repair Yard is being revived from oblivion; that's the one near the Seaport.

[isv000]

Quote: tralflot1832

The Murmansk ship repair yard is being revived from oblivion, that's the one near the Sea Port.

After school, I studied at the 12th Khabarovsk Institute, which trained the shipyard's "personnel," to become a marine gas-electric welder and pipeline fitter. I also did some practical training at the shipyard...

[Karelian]

A joke about mushrooms. Who's being buried—the mother-in-law—what did she die of? Did she eat mushrooms? Why are you covered in bruises? She didn't want to eat mushrooms. Trump will play the peacemaker, his mother.

[isv000]

Quote: Karelian

Trump will play the peacemaker role too much, his mother.

Apparently, they're already preparing a special ward for him, unless Melania wins him over...

[Wladyslaw]

Kim has more wheels on his truck.

[tralflot1832]

And Trump not only doesn’t have such a tractor, but he doesn’t even have such a missile for the tractor. The score on the wheels is 22-0, in favor of Kim Jong-un.

[bayard]

Trump wants the same thing for himself - they started talking about the need for a dirt road for the new Sentinel, and it seems to be able to dance up to 85 tons with a launch weight.

[Vadim S]

It's a joy to behold, well done, they're trying and doing it. This tiny country has been under enormous pressure for half a century and still holds firm to its convictions. Commendable.

[Sancheas]

Most likely, most of their weapons have deliberately exaggerated characteristics, but you go and check) I think the Americans won’t want to check whether the Hwasong-20 will reach Washington and how many megatons it really has))) But well done, you can’t take that away from them.

[isv000]

Quote from Sancheas

Most likely, most of their weapons have deliberately exaggerated characteristics, but you go and check)

Why would they exaggerate?! I think it's just the opposite: if it hits the States, it'll be where they least expect it. Especially since the Koreans have probably mastered the trick of overloading their air and missile defenses, fortunately, they have good teachers in their neighbors...

[your vsr 66-67]

North Korea's new ICBM is capable of striking the entire US mainland.

[your vsr 66-67]

Quote: Vadim S

It's a joy to behold, well done, they try and do it.

Not only do they make rockets, but they also make carriers!
And how many wheels there are is not so important!

[Silver99]

This is crucial, as it affects the weight of the payload, including the payload capable of carrying it 15 km. The load on the chassis is impressive.

[your vsr 66-67]

Quote from Silver99

It's precisely important

Well, I'm talking about something else entirely. Maybe it's not yet possible to make the launch vehicle eight-axle, or maybe the launch vehicle really has been designed to support the weight of the missile... Does that really matter? What matters is that, under sanctions, they're trying like ants.

[Anatoly_4]

The important thing is that under sanctions they try like ants.

What's the point? It's a Sino-Soviet proxy, an assembly line for unconventional weapons. They've turned the country into a global battering ram, one that no one fights, but is feared like a thug with nothing to lose.

[Third district]

Quote: Anatoly_4

They have turned the country into a global battering ram, which no one fights against, but is feared as a thug who has nothing to lose.

Is that how you described the US? It's a pretty accurate characterization, spot on, as they say.

[Anatoly_4]

The US is not a battering ram; the US has something to lose. Why are you displaying your stupidity?

[abrakadabre]

Quote: your vsr 66-67

Quote: Vadim S

It's a joy to behold, well done, they try and do it.

Not only do they make rockets, but they also make carriers!
And how many wheels there are is not so important!

This rocket also indicates that:
1. The DPRK's nuclear industry is capable of providing a series of such missiles with a sufficient number of warheads.
2. Science and industry have resolved the issues of warhead deployment and their targeting at individually attacked targets.
3. I strongly suspect that there is also order in terms of missile defense penetration systems.

[FIR FIR]

The P.U. Topol and Yars have 8 axles, while this colossus has 11! What is the mass of the Korean ICBM, if ours is 46 tons?

[Sancheas]

Their country is small, so they could lay out routes to the necessary secret launch sites. It's not like we're driving around off-road. I don't think they bothered much with the chassis. It's just luck, and that's fine. You don't have to travel far. The main thing is that it looks impressive enough to make the enemy throw up in their pants.

[Dilettante grandfather]

Their country is small, so they could lay out routes to the necessary secret launch sites. It's not like we're driving around off-road. I don't think they bothered much with the chassis. Good luck, and that's good enough.

It doesn't work. It needs serious maneuverability. Yes, in a global war, it won't work. But the task is to launch a missile. For that, maneuverability is also important. Turn away from the detonation point, manage to preserve the launch vehicle, fire the missile... There are a lot of nuances.

[Sancheas]

The whole calculation is that before this

shot the product

it will never get there

[Dilettante grandfather]

it will never get there

Until global destruction? May your words be heeded.
The purpose of the Strategic Missile Forces, in any variation, is 150% readiness.

[Sancheas]

Agreed, okay. Let's hope so...

[Dilettante grandfather]

Agreed, okay. Let's hope so...

Hope dies last, but it dies nonetheless. So, better hope you know how to use the "Flash Right" command.

[AlexTss]

If the axle load is comparable - 63 tons and some change...

[Big_Rocket_does_Bang]

It's even noticeably larger in diameter, well over two meters at its widest point. So I'd guess 80-100 tons.

[2 Level Advisor]

Quote: FIR FIR

The P.U. Topol and Yars have 8 axles, while this colossus has 11! What is the mass of the Korean ICBM, if ours is 46 tons?

Another big question: how much does the entire setup weigh? I estimated it was definitely around 150 tons...

[Lemon]

New developments are popping up like mushrooms after rain in South Korea, and their performance characteristics are improving. The Iskander, with its hypersonic capabilities, has just appeared. All this after signing the agreement with Russia. I think they'll have many more to come.

[abc_alex]

Quote: Lemon

All this after signing the agreement with the Russian Federation.

Evil tongues claim it wasn't after that. But after the descendants of freedom-loving Ukrainians leaked documentation left over from the USSR wholesale to North Korea. This gave a serious boost to the North Korean missile program. Until recently, we had been observing the restrictions.

[tralflot1832]

It looks like the Korean "Fortress 20" will reach the famous cities of "Berlin, Paris, London, Washington" (with a flight). A peculiar invitation to START-4 for Trump. That's why he doesn't specifically respond to our invitation to START-3. When Trump is in trouble, he turns on the "vegetable slicer" for a verbal salad.

[abc_alex]

Quote: tralflot1832

It looks like the Korean "Fortress 20" will reach the famous cities of "Berlin, Paris, London, Washington" (with a flight). A peculiar invitation to START-4 for Trump. That's why he doesn't specifically respond to our invitation to START-3. When Trump is in trouble, he turns on the "vegetable slicer" for a verbal salad.

The distance from North Korea to the farthest point of Eurasia is approximately 10,000 kilometers. This missile is capable of attacking ANY point in Europe with ample ammunition. And any point in the United States. Forget the United States. Any point in Africa, from Cape Town to Dakar. Any point in Australia. The only thing it won't reach is South America, south of the equator. This thing is a claim to the role of a world-class player.

[Anatoly_4]

Remind me, what's the point of them attacking Europe? How long have they been in conflict with France or Germany?
You have some kind of unhealthy obsession with setting something on fire. This is usually the condition of worthless people who crave action out of boredom.

[Karelian]

Why would they attack Europe? But Japan will get a response. At least if they attack Russia along with Europe.

[Dilettante grandfather]

1. I welcome the progress of the DPRK.
2. I believe the Koreans should work on minimizing their carriers: 11 wheel sets on a tractor is too many. It's poorly maneuverable. (I'm judging from my own experience. I served in the USSR's Strategic Missile Forces.)

[Nexcom]

The main thing is that they can launch it and it lands where they're supposed to. Progress never stands still – Comrade Yn will say – they'll modernize it, make it lighter. They know how to do their job.

[Dilettante grandfather]

The main thing is that they can launch it and it lands where they're supposed to. Progress never stands still – Comrade Yn will say – they'll modernize it, make it lighter. They know how to do their job.

I don't argue. But, I repeat, mobility shouldn't suffer; the complex is mobile.

[FIR FIR]

Quote: Grandfather is an amateur

Mobility should not suffer, the complex is mobile.

That's the point. If an ICBM is this size and weight, wouldn't it be better to shove it into a silo launcher? It would be more expensive, but harder to hit, and there are no weight restrictions, allowing for modifications to the number of warheads, unlike a mobile 100-plus-ton barge, which barely moves and has serious limitations on range and deployment locations. With today's level of space reconnaissance, detecting and hitting it with anything is no problem at all.
Mobile means not large, maximum 6 axles, mass-produced, with the ability to be disguised as a cargo truck or standard freight railcar.

[Dilettante grandfather]

That's the point. If an ICBM is this size and weight, wouldn't it be better to put it in a silo? It would be more expensive, but harder to hit.

The silo is stationary. Multiple warheads will reduce the retaliatory launch capability to zero. The mobile complex will not be harmed.
There are several parameters. Either mobility or impact resistance. A stationary vehicle has some resistance, but not much. A mobile vehicle can get away and respond. However, 11 wheel sets aren't the best option for a mobile vehicle...
6 axes is fine, especially if multiple axes are being rotated. But 11... That's too much.

[FIR FIR]

Quote: Grandfather is an amateur

Multiple warheads would reduce the retaliatory capability to zero.

Depends on how many silos there are.

Quote: Grandfather is an amateur

The mobile complex will not be harmed by this.

A mobile complex will be damaged even by a blast wave kilometers from the epicenter. Unlike a silo, which requires a precise targeting of the warhead.

Quote: Grandfather is an amateur

The hospital has some stability, but not much.

I read somewhere about the Soviet ones; they had pretty good stability.

[Dilettante grandfather]

The mobile complex will be damaged even by a blast wave kilometers from the epicenter.

A kilometer from the epicenter, any equipment would suffer. I served in the Soviet Strategic Missile Forces, on a mobile complex. The silo doesn't change its location, and the enemy knows all the locations of the silo complexes. The enemy doesn't know where to fire at a mobile silo. In peacetime, a column carrying munitions can travel at 20 km/h. But! The MAZ 543 I served in, with a total weight (chassis and trailer) of 80 tons, easily moved along concrete at 90 km/h. Today's tractors are the direct descendants of those MAZs. Yes, of course, the munitions themselves were hauled by warrant officers in MAZ 547s, on six-axle trucks, but they were just as fast. I think moving to a position and deploying the silo for firing is much easier now than it was during my service. They've probably reduced the preparation time, as have the number of vehicles in the column. We turned around for about 20 minutes.

[dmitryaves]

The Stiletto silo launcher was designed to withstand a direct hit from a nuclear warhead, with guaranteed missile release afterward. )) So, don't talk about the weak stability of silo launchers. ) It's the American Minuteman missiles that aren't designed for this scenario. ))

[Sancheas]

I don't think they need to maneuver much. It's purely a sword of vengeance, which everyone hopes will never be used for its intended purpose. And the more wheels, the scarier. You have to admit, if it had an 8x8 chassis, it wouldn't be impressive.

[Ross xnumx]

Quote from Sancheas

Agree, if it had an 8x8 chassis, it wouldn't have been impressive.

We have something similar... However, the range is a third shorter - 12,000 km:

[Dilettante grandfather]

We have something similar...

There are eight wheels. Not 11. It doesn't look like a damn thing!

[Dilettante grandfather]

I don't think they need to maneuver much.

A destroyed sword becomes scrap metal © (Yoda)

will never be used for its intended purpose

It will be. It definitely will be. © (Vader, Darth.)

And the more wheels, the scarier

And here I agree!

[Magog_]

I don't think they need to maneuver much

I also believe this, and I'll try to justify it. The DPRK is a country with a relatively small territory, where you could find a small deployment site for such an ICBM, say, with a concrete ring road lined with potential missile launch sites like bus stops on a country road. At each such site, you could inflate a dummy ICBM and drive around in circles alongside similar mobile dummy ICBMs. So, look for the enemy who's who...
Well, so: I had some fun.

[VALERIK_097]

The front 4 axles are steerable and the rear 3. Everything is fine with maneuverability.

[Nexcom]

Well, Donya, now it will be completely unbecoming for you to pretend to be Comrade Yn... Your entire States are under fire... Think before you speak.

[Alex_12]

These aren't hot dogs or sausages anymore. They're straight up doctor's sausage. Everything is as the doctor prescribed. God forbid he writes a prescription for anyone.

Well done, Koreans. Day and night. And we helped out a little.

[Nexcom]

...I think Donya's already getting a kick out of this "eggplant." You can't even send AUG out to show off anymore...
Even if the Chinese from the Taiwan Strait turned the Britons into piss-soaked rags... they actually showed Don a club.

Why have the Japanese gone quiet?

[Alex_12]

Quote: Nexcom

Why have the Japanese gone quiet?

Apparently they recovered immediately.
But I don't think they'll be able to hit the Japanese with it; the range is too short. They'd have to launch it into a really high orbit. Although, as far as I remember, they've done launches like that before. If I remember correctly, it's at least 600 km, if not higher. Although I don't think the warhead is a problem, since it has anti-neutron shielding and so on—it's worth it.
Z.Y.

[Nexcom]

Well, if the North Koreans can do this, then they'll have no problem with the Japanese - they'll find something to slap them with. I'm talking about the size - the Japanese were probably blown away by this product (despite all their Japanese technology and advancement).

[Alex_12]

Quote: Nexcom

The Japanese were probably stunned by this product (with all their Japanese technology and advancement).

A sledgehammer doesn't have to be high-tech. Although in this case, of course, it's the other way around. Because missiles like our Voevoda are the pinnacle of engineering and technological thought for an entire country. You could practically laugh at the Japanese, "Hwasong-20 – fly your dream!" (c) And the commercial But what am I talking about? They've already shown it.

[Kostos1973]

The Americans don't have anything even close to that. ))) And they also need to supply them with modern aircraft,

[faterdom]

Yes, this is no longer Samsung, KG and other Hyundais.
Although, if the Koreas were to be unified (for some reason I'm starting to believe it), the result would be a state more powerful than Japan economically, and even more so in military-political terms.
And Medvedev sends his regards to Trump and suggests moving two more nuclear submarines somewhere in Chicago. This is a very serious and real trolling.
It's a pity Volfovich didn't live to see it, he would have made a speech.

[Ross xnumx]

Here are the results of our joint collaboration. We signed an agreement and are moving forward hand in hand...

[Nexcom]

No, it looks quite powerful. It turned out to be a hell of a "club."

[Gorynych1]

Kim made Hwaseong great, Trump forgot about peace and sleep. And if Hwaseong makes a big deal, Trump will be visited by a scribe.

[16112014nk]

I wonder if the North Koreans designed this chassis themselves, or if the Belarusians, with their expertise, helped?
There's no doubt North Korea has an auto industry. But to make a truck like that... It's very difficult.

[Nexcom]

Batko will never admit whether he helped or not. They just had sanctions lifted against BelAvia for spare parts and maintenance of their Boeings. If it helps, it's probably quietly and through us. So as not to be noticed.

[smart fellow]

In 2011, North Korea purchased eight Chinese WS51200 80-ton 16x12 chassis from Hubei Sanjiang Space Wanshan Special Vehicle Co., Ltd. for $4,9 million. The US and UN accused China of violating UN sanctions, and the Chinese government banned the sale of these trucks to North Korea in 2013. Using the Chinese trucks as a model, Korean engineers mastered their production and increased the number of wheel sets. Only the front and rear wheel sets of the original Chinese trucks are driven (16x12), and this can also be seen in photographs of the Korean trucks with an increased number of wheel sets. On the Belarusian 8-axle MZKT trucks, all wheel sets are driven.

[voyaka uh]

This is Trump's merit.
If he had reined in Un in his first term, the ICBM would not exist today.
But Eun tricked him like he was a 5-year-old child.
Compliments, agreed with everything...
"Yes, yes, we are for peace" and began developing full-fledged ICBMs.

[isv000]

Quote: voyaka uh

This is Trump's merit.
If he had reined in Un in his first term, the ICBM would not exist today.

They already sent the AUG organized crime group to Yn. He promised to sink the aircraft and raze the Guam base to the ground. The AUG was recalled and never went there again...

[tralflot1832]

Quote: abc_alex

to the role of a world-class player.

It is not for nothing that Japanese and American ballistics experts record the highest point of a Korean ICBM with an accuracy of up to a kilometer (up to a meter) during tests. Hwasong 18 hit the White House lawn with a flight

[isv000]

This is what it means to be friends with Russia, not just “build relationships”!

[Kravets Vyacheslav]

A lot of different technology was presented there, including new ones and new versions of existing ones. I don't know why there's no article about it.

[Aag]

"... judging by the published photo and video materials, the launcher chassis has a 22x22 wheel arrangement..." (C).
More likely 22x20, - there are no wheel gears on the central axle.
A tire fitter's dream!)))
It's scary to imagine what's under there with the cardan shafts and steering rods. Unless, of course, they've installed electric drives.
Three pairs of jacks...

[Kostadinov]

1. The North Korean mobile ICBM's mission is to emerge from its shelter and launch near an exit point in a very short time (a few minutes). The exit point is likely located in a mountain gorge—there are many of them in the DPRK. More than 80% of the DPRK's territory is mountainous.
2. The weight of this ICBM can be judged by the thrust of its new turbojet engine—200 tons, the testing of which was completed this year. This ICBM likely weighs more than 100 tons, approximately 120-130 tons.

[Wladyslaw]

Good evening! Where are you from?

[smart fellow]

The original Chinese 8-axle WS51200 chassis has a load capacity of 80 tons. Apparently, the Koreans didn't overcomplicate things and simply developed a longer version while maintaining the WS51200's dimensions. This would result in an axle load of 10 tons, and the combined weight of the ICBM and its lifting and transport mechanism should be no more than 110 tons, with the missile itself weighing 100 tons or less.

[tralflot1832]

Quote: bayard

It seems like she can dance up to 85 tons with a starting weight.

Maybe we'll first see Trump design a remarkably beautiful ship—like a superyacht, with big guns. Or maybe he'll combine the yacht, the guns, and the Sintenel. .