[walkingdead]

North Korea wouldn't waste the money on sattelites. They just use that as a guise for testing their ballistic missles.

And as for this warhead, could it be from the dual stage missle they launched over Japan in the mid to late 90's? I heard the far stage hit off the coast of Alaska, maybe so as not to panic the public (and to not alert the North Koreans) the government hid the fact that it actually hit Alaska.

[Poohbah]

North Korea wouldn't waste the money on sattelites. They just use that as a guise for testing their ballistic missles.

If you can get a substantial payload to orbit, it's proof that you can chuck an equally substantial payload to intercontinental distances.