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DPRK Unveils New 2 Stage Missile

It is often very hard to ferret out hard information from media reports. That is why it is so nice to be associated with so many hard working wonk-readers who pick up real information. Wonk-reader Tal Inbar sends these two sets of photos (the above and a montage of images) of the launch of one of the missiles the DPRK launched this weekend. It is obviously a two stage rocket with the second stage having a slightly smaller diameter than the first. I assume it is the “increased accuracy” missile some news reports have mentioned. More analysis will, I hope, follow. Anyway, thanks Tal!

Geoff Forden

Writing on ACW 2008–2010

Dr. Forden has been at MIT since 2000 where his research includes the analysis of Russian and Chinese space systems as well as trying to understand how proliferators acquire the know-how and industrial infrastructure to produce weapons of mass destruction.

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