North Korea Tests Another New Type Of SRBM

Kim Minseok Bradley Perrett August 14, 2019

North Korea has flown a new type of short-range ballistic missile (SRBM), just days after tests of the KN-23 weapon, first revealed in February 2018. Two missiles flew 400 km (250 mi.) from Hamhung in the eastern part of North Korea, reaching an altitude of 48 km and a maximum speed of Mach 6.1, the...

Kim Minseok

Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.

Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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