Photos of North Korea's new missile test-firing have revealed a lot of information to the outside world.
A photo released by North Korea two days ago. On this photo, , a North Korean ballistic missile, , which had never been disclosed before, conducted a successful test.
North Korea has not released information about this missile since then. From the outside world speculates from the appearance, it should be an improved model of North Korea's , a Mars 12 missile.
If you look closely at a few photos, you can see two technical details from this missile.
The two details of may make both the United States and South Korea restless at the same time . One of the details of
: The engine of North Korea's new missile, , has changed greatly from .
vs. photos of Mars 12 missile launch. Friends should be able to clearly see:
When Mars 12 missile was launched, in addition to a long tail flame in the middle of the tail of the missile, there are several smaller tail flames around .
And if you look closely, you will find that the engine of the Mars 12 missile and some exhaust gas are discharged from the engine.
, and the rocket engine of North Korea's new missile, only a clean tail flame, has neither a small tail flame nor exhaust gas . The details of this change in
may be inconspicuous, but this shows that the engine of North Korea's new missile is different from the previous North Korean missile engines. has made great progress in technology .
First of all, these small tail flames, they have a professional name, called game .
Everyone thinks, when launching a missile, does need to control the missile to adjust its direction and aim at the predetermined target? aircraft plays the role of an to control the missile's flight direction .
Previously, North Korea's main missile engine had relatively backward technology. could not adjust the direction by relying solely on the main engine , so an additional aircraft was needed to control the direction.
North Korea's new missile, after using a new engine, can control the direction without the need for a web aircraft.
and then exhaust gas. Previously, North Korean missiles used an open engine. This kind of engine emits exhaust gas when it works, so the efficiency is relatively low.
Just like our old Long March Rocket , the old Long March Rocket uses an open engine.
This time, the new North Korean missile was tested and there was no exhaust gas discharge, which means that it might use the closed engine, which is much more efficient than .
engine reduces weight and improves efficiency. can make the missile launch capability stronger .
So we saw the second detail of this new North Korean missile.
Details 2: The warhead of this missile has become larger and . The power of a weapon such as
missile depends on the ability of missile to send multiple warheads to the enemy's heads .
After all, whether it is nuclear warhead or conventional warhead, under the same technical conditions, the heavier the warhead , the greater the power it can be .
Compared with the Mars 12 missile, the warhead of this new missile in North Korea is thicker and longer.
Judging from other public information and analytical information, North Korea's Mars 12 missile is a medium-range, conventional warhead missile, with a range of about 4,000 kilometers of .
For North Korea, such a missile does not use a nuclear warhead, the main reason is that the capacity of the Mars 12 missile is not enough for .
North Korea's nuclear bomb technology is limited, and the degree of miniaturization is not high. The nuclear bomb is relatively large in weight . If the weight of the warhead exceeds the missile's capacity, it will cause the missile's range to drop, and it may drop significantly.
So the Mars 12 missile can only use a lighter conventional warhead, and the nuclear warhead cannot be used
. North Korea's new missile, after replacing the engine with better performance and perhaps lighter weight of , while keeping the bullet body unchanged, the capacity of the same range will increase. The warhead of this new missile reminds me of a small nuclear warhead that North Korea once released. That is to say, the new missile does not rule out that it has the ability to have both nuclear and .
If this is true, then North Korea's new missile is almost equivalent to North Korea's "liquid version of Dongfeng 26" , and it cannot be underestimated in the future.
Even if it cannot be equipped with nuclear warheads, conventional warheads with larger weights can still have considerable performance improvements.
In addition to the simplest increase in power, can also add a set of guidance device , which greatly improves the hit accuracy of the warhead. If
is accurate, the power of the missile will naturally be even higher.
So, for the changes in North Korea's missile, first changed the engine, and the other was to replace the warhead .
and replacing the engine is a technical prerequisite for allowing missiles to replace warheads.
Then why do I say that the emergence of this new missile from North Korea has made the United States and South Korea feel fidgeting ?
First of all, the tactical performance of this missile itself, can threaten the US military base in the entire Western Pacific region .
South Korea doesn't have to worry about being hit by this kind of missile, because the distance is too close. However, if the United States is affected by North Korea's missiles, the South Koreans will be the one who will be unlucky in the end.
is also a new North Korean missile with a range of 4,000 kilometers, and has the ability to attack the US military base in Guam.
Guam is the strategic fulcrum of the entire Western Pacific U.S. military .
If North Korea's new missile can use nuclear warheads, then with North Korea's "preemptive" nuclear strategy, if the United States excessively pressures North Korea , then the US military in Guam will really worry about whether it will get a nuclear bomb.
Even if it is an improved conventional warhead, if the US military's anti-missile system cannot be successfully intercepted, it will not be less than if it is hit with a few shots.
North Korean new missile with a range of 4,000 kilometers, for the US military's Standard 3 and Patriot 3 MSE anti-missile system, the interception difficulty of is not lower than that of .
However, the technology behind this missile is what makes the United States even more worried.
It is obvious that North Korea's new missile uses more advanced engines. This engine can obviously be used on more North Korean missile models. allows the entire North Korean missile family to improve performance .
, and this engine is more efficient. It is used on North Korea's launch vehicle , and can launch heavier satellites into orbit .
North Korea has begun to develop and is preparing to launch reconnaissance satellite . When North Korea's reconnaissance satellite is launched into orbit, the pressure faced by the United States and South Korea will be even greater.
And there is also a possibility that the United States must not ignore. This new engine was developed by North Korea itself, so it's fine. . If is technical help obtained from a friendly country...
So, how do Americans know if there is any other technical help? , such as high-precision guidance technology?
So, this time North Korea tested the new missile, while responding to a series of recent actions by the United States and South Korea, also revealed a lot of information through two details .
After analyzing the information disclosed by North Korea through these two details, the United States and South Korea may feel restless about North Korea's rapid progress in missile technology.
