North Korea's absolute weapon is a nuclear missile after all... "Any new short-range nuclear can be loaded" [Report file]

▲ North Korea's new short-range ballistic missile KN-23.

It is called the North Korean version of Iskander and is evaluated to be capable of mounting nuclear warheads.

In the midst of the North Korean drone incident, while the South Korean military is busy preparing countermeasures against drones, a weighty report has come out from the US Congress.

It is an official document that the Congressional Research Service evaluated the North Korean threat by integrating analyzes of various intelligence agencies, and indicated that it was possible to mount a nuclear warhead on North Korea's new short-range ballistic missile KN-23.

Called the North Korean version of Iskander, the KN-23 is a solid fuel missile with a range of 600 km.

The entire Korean peninsula is within range.

This is the missile that North Korea has fired the most in the past four years.

The most popular missile after the KN-23 is the North Korean version of the ATACMS KN-24 with a range of less than 500 km.

A key government source confirmed to SBS, "We evaluate that not only the KN-23 but also the KN-24 can carry nuclear warheads."

In the end, two new solid-fuel short-range ballistic missiles that North Korea has shot numerous times over the past few years have been revealed to be nuclear weapons aimed at the Korean Peninsula.

North Korea's nuclear weapons, which had been targeting the United States with intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), are now directly targeting us.

Nuclear missiles are a different threat than drones.

I'm putting all my effort to catch a drone, but it's not the time.

We must dispassionately assess the North Korean threat and share our limited resources and manpower wisely.

Right in front of your eyes, you may use your strength to the mosquitoes, but you may struggle when you confront the beast with deadly teeth hiding behind you.

North Korea's New Short-Range Ballistic Missile and Nuclear Combination

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North Korea conducted six nuclear tests from 2006 to 2017.

Around the time of the 4th and 5th nuclear tests, a high-ranking official from the Ministry of National Defense predicted to reporters, "North Korea can reach nuclear miniaturization if it goes up to the 6th nuclear test."

Since it has done up to the 6th, North Korea has to see that it has miniaturized nuclear bombs.

In order to fit into short-range ballistic missiles such as the KN-23 and KN-24, the diameter of the nuclear warhead must be reduced to less than 60 cm.

North Korea is likely to have succeeded in this.

So, a recent report by the US Congressional Research Service said, "The KN-23 can strike any location on the Korean peninsula with either a conventional or nuclear payload." have described

Unlike the KN-23, the US Congressional Research Service report showed some reservations about the possibility of carrying a nuclear warhead on the KN-24, replacing it with an outside expert opinion.

However, a key source in our government said, "North Korea recently intensively shot a lot of KN-23 and KN-24", "It was analyzed that various tests were conducted for a nuclear attack on the Korean Peninsula", "The government All of them are evaluated as being equipped with nuclear warheads," he said.

Since 2019, North Korea has successively test-launched three sets of new solid-fuel short-range ballistic missiles, of which two are classified as nuclear missiles.

The other is the KN-25 super-large multiple launcher, which both Korea and the U.S. use for conventional warheads.

Since the KN-25 is more like a rocket launcher than a missile, all of North Korea's new short-range ballistic missiles are nuclear missiles.

The hit-and-run war has become more difficult

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The military and government thought that if a war between exchanging missiles broke out, we would inevitably get hit by a few shots.

If the warhead were nuclear rather than conventional, the story would be different.

Even with just a few shots, the damage is unimaginable.

Now, the missile defense strategy against North Korea must somehow be modified in a way that does not fit.

A key government source pointed out that "the three-axis system needs to be transformed by drastically changing the way we think."

By launching a large number of reconnaissance satellites and drastically reducing the revisit cycle of the satellites, North Korea's surveillance network is tight, and it is necessary to secure not only hard-kill but also soft-kill strike assets to induce failure several times in the pre-launch-ignition-flight stages. .

It is also an essential task to actively introduce artificial intelligence AI to improve the precision of surveillance and attacks.

Budget and manpower were limited.

It must be distributed sparingly according to the size of the threat.

The threat of North Korean drones, which the military is preoccupied with these days, is a subordinated consideration.

According to the results of the inspection conducted by the Joint Chiefs of Staff for nearly a month, it is possible to catch a drone with existing power only by propagating, issuing, reporting, and making a good decision.

Unmanned aerial vehicle countermeasures such as the drone command center, stealth drones, and swarm drones are close to allopathic treatments that cost money.

Even if all of the people and money allocated to the strict system are invested in improving the three-axis system, it is difficult to completely defend North Korea's nuclear short-range ballistic missiles.