A Pentagon source confirms the creation of a new ICBM by the North Koreans
ICBM KN-08
"North Korea has developed a new mobile-based ICBM KN-14, which was another step of the country's leader Kim Jong-un to create missiles with nuclear warheads capable of striking the continental United States," the newspaper quotes the source. Look.
According to him, "the new missile replaced the mobile-based KN-08 ICBM, which became known in 2012." At the same time, the source noted that the North Koreans "did not test either one or the other missiles."
"KN-14 is a modernized version of KN-08," added the source.
He noted that American intelligence reported about the new missile quite recently - in mid-March.
Last year, KN-14 was shown at a military parade in Pyongyang, but then in the West it was not taken seriously, calling it an ordinary dummy.
And recently, Rick Fisher, a senior researcher at the International Center for Strategies and Assessments, said that "the range of the KN-14 exceeds 10 thousand kilometers."
"Its flight range is enough to hit Chicago (Illinois) or Toronto (Canada, the administrative center of the province of Ontario) after launching from the northernmost point of the DPRK," the expert assured.
“The rapid development of missiles such as the KN-08 and KN-14 shows that Pyongyang is capable of creating even more powerful weapon", - he said.
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