It’ll be a matter of time for North Korea’s engineers to fix their ICBM re-entry issues, but how long no one truly knows. Was it too early for the US to say “It’s done talking with North Korea” – PB/TK
Analysts Doubt North Korea’s ICBM Re-Entry Capability – by Kim Tong-Hyung / Aug 1 2017
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea after decades of effort has a missile potentially capable of reaching the continental United States, but analysts say Pyongyang has yet to show the ICBM can inflict serious damage once it gets there.
U.S. and South Korean experts on Tuesday said Japanese video footage capturing the Hwasong-14’s re-entry vehicle shortly before it crashed into the sea suggests it failed to survive the extreme heat and pressure after re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere following its launch from northern North Korea on Friday.
But the apparent failure likely means the North will conduct more flight tests of the Hwasong-14 missile to ensure the warhead could survive the re-entry from space and hit its intended target, the analysts said.
Continue to military.com article: http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/08/01/analysts-doubt-north-korea-icbm-re-entry-capability.html
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