[longshadow]

I don't know the trajectory of the NK test shots, but IIRC, they were detonated in the stratosphere.

Test launches of ballistic missiles these days are done with dummy warheads (for good reason); if the missile gets away from you and lands on foreign territory with a live warhead, it could start a war. Also, it it failed to detonate, your enemy could pick up your rocket and know exactly what you had for a warhead. None of the N. Korean missile tests launched over Japan have include a live warhead, AFAIK.

[ewing]

Doesn't look like this one is a dummy..

[Sabertooth]

Test launches of ballistic missiles these days are done with dummy warheads (for good reason); if the missile gets away from you and lands on foreign territory with a live warhead, it could start a war. Also, it it failed to detonate, your enemy could pick up your rocket and know exactly what you had for a warhead. None of the N. Korean missile tests launched over Japan have include a live warhead, AFAIK.

Maybe I missed, but I didn't see where the KT article says the warhead was either live or a dummy.

Is it possible it could have been a dummy, that was self-destructed by remote?