The United States and South Korea jointly exercise, there is nothing to say, just fire a few missiles, to cheer everyone up! Do you think I'm telling jokes? No, this is what just happened! According to Xinhua News Agency , citing South Korea's Joint Staff Headquarters (Joint Consultant), a few days ago, North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles into the eastern waters of South Korea for two consecutive days, 2 in a day and 4 in two days.
At present, the South Korean military is analyzing specific parameters such as range, shooting height, and flight speed. The US Navy's "Reagan" aircraft carrier is located in the eastern waters of South Korea. In recent days, it is conducting joint maritime exercises with South Korean Navy . At this time, North Korea fired four ballistic missiles in the direction of the US aircraft carrier . The purpose is self-evident. It is not polite to come but not go! Since the United States and South Korea are busy on the sea in the east and have used nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the North Korean People's Army has to "help the field" no matter what.
(the "North Korean version of Iskander" missile that uses railway maneuver, which the United States and South Korea call it KN-23)
According to South Korean media reports, not long ago, North Korea launched a short-range surface-to-ground missile from the Taichuan area of North Heian Province to the Japanese Sea waters. The missile flew a distance of about 600 kilometers and the maximum ballistic altitude was 60 kilometers. Therefore, it was judged as the North Korean version of "Iskander", which is the KN-23 missile called outside. According to statistics, North Korea has conducted 20 ballistic missile tests this year, and several cruise missiles tests. The test-firing of four ballistic missiles in two days is also considered a joint military exercise demonstration against the United States and South Korea. Anyway, even if they are not hit, they can still be scared.
(various missiles are the only weapons that can balance South Korea's conventional military power)
The Korean Peninsula is one of the places where the world is still in high-intensity armed confrontation. Since , the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, due to internal and external factors, North Korea's economic development has been in trouble for a long time. Therefore, its military's equipment level and combat readiness level have declined rapidly, and the gap between it and South Korea in terms of conventional military power is getting bigger and bigger. Therefore, North Korea believes that only by relying on asymmetric weapons such as ballistic missiles can South Korea's technical and equipment advantages in conventional weapons be rebalanced. Therefore, over the years, North Korea has been investing a lot of resources in the development of various types of ballistic missiles.
(various self-developed missile weapons displayed by North Korea)
Now North Korea has gradually recovered from its economic development. After strengthening economic cooperation with China, Russia and other countries, North Korea's economy has seen considerable growth in recent years. At the same time, years of investment in missile weapons research have begun to "bearish" one after another. North Korea has not only tested long-range strategic missiles that are enough to attack the United States, but also frequently tested various new medium- and short-range ballistic missiles, which shows that it has made considerable progress in ballistic missile technology.
(North Korea tests the world's largest intercontinental missile, which can hit the United States)
develops long-range strategic missiles with a range of more than 10,000 kilometers. The core goal is to form an effective deterrent to the United States; but now North Korea mainly tests medium and short-range missiles, which is obviously to deal with the threat in front of it. Because North Korea also understands that even if it successfully develops long-range strategic missiles, the amount of equipment it can be equipped with is still extremely limited with its own national strength and cannot form a real strategic deterrent to the United States. Therefore, after testing several missiles to confirm its technical capabilities, it changed to concentrate its efforts to achieve breakthroughs in medium- and short-range missile technology.
(it is said to be North Korea's hypersonic missile )
Many new missiles were displayed at North Korea's National Day parade in the past two years, including a new missile similar to my country's Dongfeng-17. The missile is also equipped with a wave-boom warhead and it is said to have been tested. It can be seen that North Korea has also made achievements in hypersonic missiles.So is there a possibility that the ballistic missile launched by North Korea toward the US aircraft carrier this time that is North Korea's version of the " anti-ship ballistic missile "? Overall, the possibility is not high! Why do you say so?
(China exports CM-401 missile weapons, pay attention to the radar device in the red circle, which is the missile-based radar used to scan and lock targets at the end)
Because ballistic missiles are not easy to attack warship , it requires a complete set of reconnaissance, control systems and missiles to work. According to public information, my country's anti-ship ballistic missile weapons first need to search and discover the US aircraft carrier battle group through marine surveillance satellites, and then continuously track and lock it, and then send the target coordinates back to the ground command center with a data link. After the ground command center confirms, the target elements will be sent to the missile force. After the missile forces launch the missile, the satellites in space must continue to send coordinate data to the missile based on the real-time movement of the aircraft carrier formation. The computers carried by the missile need to correct the ballistic at any time based on the satellite data. After the missile flies over the target and breaks through the "black barrier", they must also activate the radar system on the warhead to conduct a final scanning and lock the US aircraft carrier battle group on the sea at high altitude. Only after the locking is done, the warhead will be guided to strike it.
(North Korean new missile at the military parade)
It is not difficult to see that the combat process of "anti-ship ballistic missile" is very complex and requires considerable supporting systems, especially reconnaissance satellites, high-speed data links and high-performance computers to effectively maintain the operation of this combat system. These hardware are obviously not available to North Korea, so North Korea is likely to not have its own "anti-ship ballistic missile" combat system.
(Screenshot of the North Korean military parade video, it can be seen that North Korea has achieved considerable results in missile technology. As long as it receives certain external support, it is not impossible to develop anti-ship ballistic missiles)
However, from the current situation, North Korea seems to have broken through the problem of ballistic missile terminal guidance, so its short-range ballistic missiles have certain end ballistic correction capabilities, and theoretically have the possibility of carrying out anti-ship operations. Therefore, in addition to demonstrations, North Korea may also have the possibility of using ballistic missiles to strike US aircraft carriers. Especially if it receives help from outside, attacking aircraft carriers may be possible. After all, North Korea has been able to independently produce the "North Korean version of Iskander" missile, so it is not impossible to obtain point data support from Russia.
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