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North Korea tests missile that could reach entire US, according to Japan and South Korea (thehill.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

US love to scaremonger about DPRK because they need to justify occupying ROK and Japan, but it's also true that DPRK has been making steady progress. They've even managed to launch a satellite which is quite remarkable. I imagine they'll also be getting some tech transfer from Russia now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

One of the weird parts is that this is a solid fuel rocket. The USSR AFAIK never developed big solid boosters like the US.

Which always struck me as weird considering the USSR's ICBM program was supposed to be mobile from the start and it seems a lot easier to load a solid rocket onto a truck than carrying around (and having to pump) hypergolic mixtures that eat though any container, and kill by detonation, burns, poisoning, and cancer, in that order.