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Are Some of North Korea's Long-Range Missiles Fakes?

Posted by Soulskill on from the it's-a-faaaaaake! dept.

gbrumfiel writes "North Korea has not been shy in announcing plans to destroy the United States, but questions remain over whether it has the nukes or the missiles to do so. Now NPR reports on open-source intelligence showing that one of the North's most 'advanced' weapons might actually be a decoy. Six KN-08 missiles were paraded last year, but each showed differences in the way they were assembled. Is it all a bluff? Or are the missiles part of a real program?"

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  1. Re:Duh by MachineShedFred · · Score: 4, Informative

    The thing is, it isn't just the shells. There are major differences between what was paraded around, like the length of stage assemblies, and where fuel valves are.

    They could be iterative design mockups for producing the real thing, or it could be a massive display of horseshit for propaganda.

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