How long before Kim can nuke America? Latest test is a HUGE step forward, experts warn, with North Korea’s missile program advancing faster than expected
Kim Jong-Un’s defence ministry fired the Hwasong-12 from North Korea Sunday
It was the North’s 10th missile launch this year, after dozens in 2016
It soared 489 miles (787 km) in distance reaching height of 1,312 miles (2,111 km)
Had it been fired at standard trajectory, missile would have reached 2,500 miles
For Pyonyang to hit San Francisco, bomb would have to travel over 5,500 miles
By GARETH DAVIES
DailyMail.com
16 May 2017
North Korea’s latest missile test marks a significant step forward towards Kim Jong-un’s regime producing an ICBM capable of hitting the US mainland, experts have warned.
The dictator’s defence ministry fired a missile named Hwasong-12 on Sunday night which soared 489 miles (787 km) reaching a height of 1,312 miles (2,111 km).
The test ‘represents a level of performance never before seen from a North Korean missile’, John Schilling, an aerospace expert, said in an analysis on the US-based 38 North website.
‘It appears to have not only demonstrated an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) that might enable them to reliably strike the US base at Guam, but more importantly, may represent a substantial advance to developing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).’
Sunday’s missile was deliberately fired at the highest angle to avoid affecting neighbouring countries’ security, but had it been launched at a standard trajectory, it would have reached at least 2,500 miles (4,000km) – more than half the 5,500 miles (8,851 km) required to reach the US mainland.
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