North Korean Anti Ship Cruise Missile

Examines North Koreas recent test of an anti-ship cruise missile--seemingly a KH-35.

North korean anti ship cruise missile. North Korea launched multiple short-range anti-ship cruise missiles into the sea and Sukhoi jets fired air-to-surface missiles on Tuesday as part of military exercises South Koreas military said. South Koreas Ministry of National Defense said it was working with the United States to research weapons that appeared at the North Korean Defense Development Exhibition. North Korean state media put out images of the new cruise missile.

While single missile tests are not indicative of full integration North Koreas efforts to modernize their naval capabilities could in the future pose a potentially greater threat in the region. On June 8 2017 North Korea carried out the first-ever test of its Kumsong-3 coastal defense cruise missile CDCM from near Wonsan on the countrys east coast. Though its capabilities have not been publicized the Kumsong-3 likely shares performance characteristics with the Kh-35 which features a range of 130 250 km.

North Korea probably gained access to turbofan technology by acquiring Russian Kh-35 anti-ship cruise missiles some years before the deployment in 2014 of its own apparent spin-off the Kumsong-3 KN-19 missile. Experts say the missile resembles US Tomahawk cruise missiles and are likely designed to overwhelm the missile defences of North Koreas neighbours. The statements claim that the missile uses a turbofan engine is consistent with the reported range speed and size of the missile.

KN-19 is a North Korean variant of the Soviet-designed Kh-35 antiship cruise missile ASCM. The system which is known by. On September 11 it launched a long-range cruise missile described as a strategic weapon of great significanceimplying a nuclear.

Modern cruise missiles are capable of travelling at supersonic or high subsonic speeds are self-navigating and are. The LACMs newly developed engine presumably. North Korea fired anti-ship cruise missile this month.

Earlier this week North Korea announced it had successfully tested a long-range cruise missile capable of hitting much of Japan. A cruise missile is a guided missile used against terrestrial targets that remains in the atmosphere and flies the major portion of its flight path at approximately constant speed. Seoul evaluates the test as a non-provocation that was part of regular summer exercises according to Yonhap.