North Korea missiles

[Blackstar]

NK missile technology is advancing across a broad front. This is the latest. Although not space-related, it shows that they're putting money into a bunch of different technologies and having some success.

http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/pictorial/index.html?issue_id=IC20161359&issue_div=all&template=7394?c88b56a0#

[Websorber]

Will Iran’s Simorgh Space Launcher Appear in North Korea?

http://www.nti.org/analysis/articles/will-irans-simorgh-space-launcher-appear-north-korea/

Iran has an ambitious space program. But it also has an ambitious missile program as well. Iran is now developing a larger new rocket called the Simorgh, with the goal of placing a new satellite in orbit by February 2017. Many in the United States worry that the Simorgh might also serve as the basis for an ICBM.

Concerns about Iran’s space program arise from the fact that it is largely built on technologies imported from North Korea. The collaboration between Iran and North Korea in developing rockets for civilian space launches or military missions is a subject of frequent concern in the United States. And while that collaboration has largely been seen as North Korean assistance to Iran, there are now indications that the relationship has become more collaborative over time. [1] In some instances, the flow of technology could even be shifting in the other direction, with Iran supplying North Korea with assistance. This may force us to change how we think about addressing the threat from Iran and North Korea’s missile programs.

[Websorber]

Preparations for North Korean Missile Test Caught on Satellite Imagery

http://38north.org/2016/08/sinpo082416/

[RotoSequence]

North Korea released a propaganda film showing multiple angles of their latest submarine-launched ballistic missile test. It doesn't look like it was the healthiest rocket motor to ever fly (a significant anomaly can be seen 38 seconds into the video), but it seems to have worked.

[Rocket Science]

Named "Polaris"... How original...

[russianhalo117]

Named "Polaris"... How original...

That is a rough translation

[Rocket Science]

Named "Polaris"... How original...

That is a rough translation

That is as reported by CNN as translation of "North Star or Pole Star"...

[Comet]

[Comet]

[Finn]

Failure reported:

http://us.cnn.com/2016/10/15/asia/failed-north-korea-missile-launch/index.html

US Strategic Command says its systems detected a failed North Korean ballistic missile launch Saturday evening near the northwestern city of Kusŏng.

[Phillip Clark]

BBC report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37670035

Not sure why there is the comment about the space programme in the above since this was clearly a missile launch and not a satellite launch attempt: for the last decade North Korea has announced its satellite launch attempts in advance and no such advance warning was given for this launch.

[Websorber]

U.S. says N. Korea's launch of Musudan missile ends in failure

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2016/10/16/26/0301000000AEN20161016000254315F.html

[catdlr]

Another North Korea intermediate range missile fails after launch

By Ju-min Park and Eric Walsh, REUTERS   October 19, 2016

https://www.yahoo.com/news/failed-north-korean-ballistic-missile-launch-detected-u-014639456.html?ref=gs

[Websorber]

Did North Korea just test missiles capable of hitting the U.S.? Maybe.

http://tinyurl.com/hcm6wzg

[Hog]

As the doomsday clock remains at 3 minutes to midnight, its only been closer in 1953 when the Soviets detonated a thermonuclear device within 9 months of a USA fusion test, when the clock was at 2 minutes to midnight.

"Such conditions are inherently DANGEROUS, wars have started this way."

[Websorber]

An Upcoming Missile Launch by North Korea?

http://allthingsnuclear.org/dwright/an-upcoming-missile-launch-by-north-korea


Fig. 1 The flight path of the successful June 21 Musudan test,
which was launched from Wonsan and traveled on a lofted trajectory to a range of 400 km.


Fig. 2 The path a 3,000 km range test could follow from Kusong

[Websorber]

Flashback to the Past: North Korea’s “New” Extended-Range Scud

http://38north.org/2016/11/scuder110816/

For the full technical analysis here
http://38north.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Scud-ER-110816_Schiller_Schmucker.pdf

[Websorber]

North Korea’s Musudan Missile: A Performance Assessment

http://38north.org/2016/12/musudan122016/


Figure 1. BM-25/Musudan test launch claimed on June 21, 2016.


Figure 2. General arrangement of the R-27 and Musudan missiles, with dimensions based on photographs/schematic drawings. The scale was determined by assuming a diameter of 1.5 m.


Figure 3. Estimated Musudan drag coefficients as a function of Mach-number, with and without grid fins.


Table 1. Parameters of the R-27 and derived parameters for the baseline Musudan


Table 2. Musudan models used in the simulations.


Figure 4. Maximum altitude on lofted trajectories over a distance of 400 km as a function of the payload.


Figure 5. Missile range as a function of the payload.


Figure 6. Area covered by the baseline Musudan when launched from Wonsan.

Great in-depth article bij 38north.org

[Websorber]

N.K. missile provocation as Pyongyang hints ICBM test

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2017/01/01/0200000000AEN20170101003000315.html?input=rss

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in his New Year's message claimed the country is in the final stage of preparing to launch an ICBM

[Websorber]

North Korean Underground Facility: Probably Not a Ballistic Missile Silo

http://38north.org/2017/01/jsbermudez010316/


Figure 1. Overview of installation at Pumyong-dong.


Figure 2. Construction of the Pumyong-dong installation in November 2002


Figure 3. Construction of the Pumyong-dong installation in March 2011


Figure 4. The support area at Pumyong-dong in November 2002.


Figure 5. The road bridge and power sub-station at Pumyong-dong in November 2002.


Figure 6. Typical North Korean silo covers.