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President Moon Jae-in publicly celebrated the success of developing the'Hyunmu-4' ballistic missile last month. Previously, it was successful in the test launch, and there was no such news, so there was a word in the background. As a result of our SBS coverage, it was confirmed that we succeeded in the test launch on the 15th of last month and were judged as successful in development. It has been proven to fly 800km and hit the target 100m underground.

This is Kim Tae-hoon, a defense journalist.

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15th of last month, at the Defense Science Research Center of the Taean Peninsula in the West Sea, the Security Officer Seo Hoon of the Blue House visited the Security Office of the Blue House.

This is a trial launch of the Hyunmu-4 surface to ground ballistic missile.

The hitting target is about 400km from Ieodo. The maximum range is 800 km, but instead of reducing it in half, it is a high altitude firing method that significantly increases the altitude to evaluate the missile specifications.

The test results were as intended.

The 2t super-large warhead flew 800㎞ and fell at a speed of Mach 10 or higher, penetrating 100m underground and exploding.

In March, one of the two shots fired failed because it was faster than the design, which was improved in four months.

The government judged the results of the July 15 test launch as the final success of the development of Hyunmu-4, a senior military official said.

A week later, President Moon Jae-in privately celebrated the success of the development by watching the test launch video.


[Moon Jae-President: While we can speak freely in front of the camera, I like to celebrate it say about a successful ballistic missile with a world-class warhead weight -

Xuanwu -4 is allowed to amend Directive 2017 Korea-US missile warhead weight 2t, Intersection It was known that the President could not call his name in a cool way after maximizing 800 and reinforced concrete penetration.

The next procedure for so-called'monster missiles' that destroy underground strategic facilities such as war command posts and nuclear facilities is mass production and electrification, and the military has decided to keep all plans secret.

(Video editing: Seungjin Lee, CG: Bang Myung-hwan, Seo Seung-hyun)