According to Global Network , citing the Korean media "National Daily" report, at the 74th anniversary ceremony of the founding of the South Korean army, the South Korean military showed the "Xuanwu-5" ballistic missile data and images to the outside world for the first time in the development state. The South Korean military claimed that the missile has the highest level of firepower in the world and is a "monster missile" that can carry warheads weighing up to 9 tons. It even exaggeratedly said: "The power of 10 Xuanwu-5 ballistic missiles is equivalent to that of nuclear weapon ."
According to Korean media, the Xuanwu-5 ballistic missile can carry a warhead weighing 8 to 9 tons and can strike high-value targets on the northern part of the peninsula. In addition, it can also be developed based on this as a model to develop the medium-range ballistic missile , so that its maximum range can cover the hinterland of China. However, the good times did not last long. According to Yonhap News Agency on October 5, on the evening of the 4th, a Xuanwu-2C ballistic missile of the South Korean army fell to the ground and exploded after being launched, but fortunately, it did not affect the nearby people.
In the early morning of October 4th local time, in response to the recent provocations between South Korea and the United States, the northern part of the peninsula launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile eastward in Wupingli area of Cijiang Road. After a long flight, it finally fell into the western Pacific Ocean. The military of Japan and South Korea then responded that the range of the projectile was within a range of 4,000 to 4,600 kilometers, with a maximum flight speed of Mach 17 per hour and a maximum flight altitude of about 970 kilometers.
Interestingly, when the bomb passed over Japanese archipelago , the Japanese government also sounded an air defense alarm in the relevant areas, which caused panic among the local people. Compared with the Japanese side's shock, South Korean President Yoon Seo-yeon stated that he would respond "resolutely" to the above actions, but he did not expect that the later "resolutely" response turned into an international joke.
From midnight to early morning from October 4, the South Korean and US military carried out joint ground-to-ground strike drills in the eastern waters. The two Korean and US militaries each launched two ATAMCS missiles, both of which accurately hit targets arranged in the predetermined area. Perhaps in order to let the north of the peninsula see the power of its own ballistic missile , the South Korean army followed suit and launched another Xuanwu-2C ballistic missile.
At first, the missile was not abnormal after being launched, but it deviated from orbit during the flight and eventually fell into the Jiangling Air Force Base in Gangwon Province, and a raging fire was ignited at the scene and triggered a series of explosions. After the incident, the South Korean military quickly initiated the investigation procedure. According to preliminary analysis given by South Korean military officials, the incident should have been caused by a sudden fire in the propellant loaded into the bomb. Fortunately, the warhead did not explode, so no casualties were caused.
Xuanwu-2C ballistic missile was developed by the South Korean military based on Xuanwu-2A/B ballistic missile. Its length is 7 to 8 meters and its diameter is about 1 meter. Given the loosening of the US government to the South Korean government in the field of ballistic missiles in recent years, the maximum range of the missile has been increased to about 800 kilometers, and the weight of the warhead has also successfully reached the 1 ton mark from the previous 500 kilograms.
Judging from the previous launch tests, Xuanwu-2 has a high strike accuracy. The outside world speculates that if the inertial guidance + scene matching guidance system is used, the strike accuracy of the bullet is theoretically less than 2 meters. Judging from its appearance design, in addition to attacking conventional targets, the bullet can also provide a fatal blow to targets within several meters underground.
However, the outside world believes that given South Korea's limited technology in the material of the elastic body, the drilling performance of the bullet should not be overestimated. If the final investigation results are indeed related to propellants, it means that this batch of Xuanwu-2C will be in a state of discontinuation in the near future. Furthermore, it is not ruled out that the possibility of returning to the factory for repairs and even replacing solid fuel is not ruled out.
htmlOn October 1, at the Jilongtai Squadron Exercise Field, located at the joint army, sea and air base at , Chungcheong South Province, , the South Korean military held a commemoration ceremony for the 74th anniversary of the founding of the army, and exhibited a large number of Korean military standard equipment to the outside world. At the same time, the South Korean Ministry of Defense released another propaganda video called "South Korean Army Determination", announcing the Xuanwu-5 ballistic missile that was in the development stage for the first time.From the picture, the Xuanwu-5 ballistic missile is slender, the body is cylindrical, and the warhead is slender and conical. The transition between the two is relatively natural, and no obvious connection traces are found. The tail of the bullet body is similar to that of Xuanwu-2C, and it is equipped with 4 irregular elastic wings. The difference is that the former elastic wing is pentagonal, while Xuanwu-5 is a quadrilateral. The warhead of
Xuanwu-5 has obvious changes. First, it adopts a single cone design that reduces flight resistance and increases strike range, and abandons the double cone configuration of Xuanwu-2C. Secondly, the bullet skirt has eliminated the four-piece triangular air rudder surface used by Xuanwu-2C, which means that South Korea has made significant improvements in the guidance and control of missile ends, but I don’t know what technical path it is to achieve.
According to Korean media, the Xuanwu-5 ballistic missile can carry 8 to 9 tons of warheads, and its maximum range is about 300 kilometers. With its huge lethality, it can give a fatal blow to targets located hundreds of meters underground. From this point of view, the primary combat mission of Xuanwu-5 is to launch a strike on military targets such as underground command posts, nuclear facilities, and missile silos on the northern part of the peninsula after the war end is started.
However, the focus is on the subsequent improved model of Xuanwu-5. An anonymous Korean missile expert claimed that with the reduction of warhead load, the maximum range of Xuanwu-5 is expected to be increased to about 3,000 to 3,500 kilometers, thus becoming a medium-range ballistic missile. Therefore, the always brainless Korean media also exaggerated that the Xuanwu-5 ballistic missile can effectively respond to the "provocations" initiated by China and can be regarded as a real "poisonous needle weapon".
At the same time, Korean media also disclosed the prediction parameters of the bomb, saying that its total length remains around 15 to 16 meters and the diameter is 1.6 meters. From this perspective, Xuanwu-5 has indeed made a lot of progress in size compared to Xuanwu-2C.
For South Korea, the biggest difficulty in improving missile range lies in the United States' relaxation. If the US emperor's grace is great, then South Korean scientific research institutions will raise high-performance solid rocket engine and use large-load solid fuel rods to achieve the above technical and tactical indicators.
But the trouble is that the propellant of Xuanwu-2C seems to have problems, which will affect the subsequent model improvement of Xuanwu-5 to a certain extent. Therefore, it is not easy to say whether it can become a medium-range ballistic missile at present. In addition, it is the guidance system . In addition to its range and power, it is also closely related to the strike accuracy. In other words, even if the missile has long range and high killing, it is not thrown into the predetermined area at all, which is in vain.
In this regard, it can be said to be a long-standing technical pain point in South Korea. If you carefully scrutinize the foreign propaganda of the South Korean military and scientific research institutions, you can find that they seem to have rarely mentioned the hit accuracy of the "Xuanwu" series of ballistic missiles. Even if it is mentioned, it is just an understatement. In short, it is far from being confident. Therefore, it remains to be seen what kind of guidance system the Xuanwu-5 missile adopts, and it is certain that the process will never go smoothly.
In East Asian Monster Room, South Korea has the strongest national self-esteem and is also more fragile. Therefore, it is not difficult for the outside world to find that from the top military and political leaders to ordinary people, South Korea is very likely to go to extremes between the two. For example, the Xuanwu-5 ballistic missile, which is currently regarded as a "poison needle weapon" by South Korean media, is one of the best proofs.
If South Korea controls the maximum range of the Xuanwu-5 ballistic missile within 1,000 kilometers, neighboring countries can indeed understand it. After all, South Korea's strategic enemy is in the north of the peninsula, and it is understandable to defend national interests. But rashly increasing the maximum range by about 3,500 kilometers and calling it targeted China, it was a bit naughty and ungrateful.
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