If it's real at all, it's probably a repainted Iranian Al Shebop or whatever.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
P!
Much cheaper that way.
To summarize, the TV show “Stargate SG-1” showed weaponry far superior to any known Earth weapons. Of course, SG-1 is scifi. Perhaps NK is also into dummy props.
Not to mention, radar systems (on mobile platforms) never before thought to have been possessed by the DPRK == but now clearly known they have them, unless they were wood mock ups. Japanese military specialists, tonight on Japanese TV news, along with the footage.
Parading a fancily decorated empty metal tube in front of State run television cameras is one thing, and proving the design and flight operability of a multi-stage intermediate range missile is quite another.
None of the grand standing by the NoKos will change as long as Kim Jong Ding Dong is still Dictator, and no matter how many stars he gives Kim Jong Flounder to wear on his crisp new uniforms, until someone sequesters Il’s personal carbon the Lessor Kim will have to play along with the old man along with the rest of the Country.
Personally, I think the kid will fold (or be folded...) shortly after his old man assumes room temp. I don’t think the kid is his Daddy’s kind of Stalinist Dictator, and there are too many ruthless little bastards in the NoKo Military who will not go quietly. That’s always been the Achilles Heel of these Regimes, is that you need so many people who are more ruthless than you are to carry out your will. Eventually, many of them get ambitious, and none are willingly going to give up what perks they have just because the role of Fearless Leader changes every now and then...
I give the kid six months on his own, tops.
If it's real at all, it's probably a repainted Iranian Al Shebop or whatever.
Another liquid propellant missile. Liquid propellant missiles are prone to accidents.Liquid propellants are subject to slosh, which has frequently led to loss of control of the vehicle. This can be controlled with slosh baffles in the tanks as well as judicious control laws in the guidance system.