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report, it can also be interpreted as meaning that North Korea has succeeded in making nuclear weapons small enough to load on short-range ballistic missiles.



Moreover, it is said that this missile is not easy to intercept, but reporter Hong Young-jae pointed out how we are preparing.



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The North Korean threat assessment report submitted by US intelligence agencies to the US Congress found that North Korea's recently test-launched KN-23, 24, and 25 short-range ballistic missiles are characterized by mobility and accuracy, as well as "difficult to intercept while in flight." I picked



In particular, it analyzed North Korea's recent missile test launch as an attempt to improve the survivability of missiles.



In other words, the focus of the test was to neutralize existing missile defense systems such as THAAD, Patriot, and Aegis deployed around the Korean Peninsula.



North Korea's new short-range ballistic missiles are not easy to intercept because they fly at a low altitude, then suddenly rise and then plunge.



In this case, among the three-axis system, the kill chain of the concept of preemptive strike becomes more important than interception and retaliation, but the development of technology to induce a launch failure with hacking or electromagnetic waves before launching a North Korean missile is still in its infancy.



[Lee Jong-seop/Minister of Defense (last 11th): North Korea wants to develop even the concept of an operation that can disrupt or destroy before launching a missile...

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In addition, there is even a prospect that the three-axis system will be virtually incapacitated if North Korea fires a mixture of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and multiple launchers.



President Yoon Seok-yeol's recent mention of the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons or its own nuclear armament seems to be related to North Korea's escalating nuclear threat.



At the South Korea-US defense ministers' meeting to be held in Seoul next week, countermeasures against the North Korean nuclear issue, such as the strengthening of US extended deterrence, are expected to be a major agenda item.



(Video editing: Lee Seung-yeol, CG: Seo Seung-hyun)