<Anchor> When
North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the East Sea yesterday (15th), it was confirmed that the missile was fired directly from a 'train' rather than a mobile launch vehicle. The missile launch method used by Russia following the former Soviet Union may be advantageous for simultaneous surprise attacks, but it is evaluated that the effect on the actual battlefield is unknown.
This is Kim Tae-hoon, a defense reporter specializing in defense.
<Reporter> The
projectile released yesterday by North Korean state media is identical to the improved version of the 2.5 ton warhead Iskander launched in March.
The launch pad used trains instead of vehicles, but this is the first time North Korea has publicly launched a train missile.
The launcher was laid down in an armored cargo compartment, then the cargo compartment cover was opened and the shot was erected vertically.
It seems to be intended to neutralize our interception system by moving along the railroad network with a number of missiles and launchers, hiding in tunnels, and then suddenly appearing and attacking.
The train missile operation unit is the Railway Mobile Missile Regiment under the Strategic Force, and has already been deployed in combat, North Korea claimed.
[Chosun Central TV: Comrade Park Jeong-cheon, secretary of the Party Central Committee, guided the inspection and shooting training of the Railway Mobile Missile Regiment… .]
Party secretary Park Jeong-chun, who used to be the chief of the North Korean Army's general staff, said, "The shooting training was conducted in accordance with the strategic and tactical design."
Our military is keeping a close eye on North Korea's various launch platforms, including train missiles.
[Kim Jun-rak/Director of Joint Chiefs of Staff: It is evaluated that North Korea is continuously developing various mobile launchers.]
An official in the military said, "As the movement of missiles is limited to the rail network, and the movement of special trains is not difficult to identify, trains Missiles are a weak weapon in the battlefield environment on the Korean Peninsula.”
(Video editing: Seung-Jin Lee, CG: Sang-Soo Ryu)
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