April 27, 2024
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U.S. Defense report casts doubt on reliability of N. Korea missile tech.

Missiles suspected as unreliable due to lack of flight testing

North Korea now possesses at least six road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers, but the missiles paired for their use have low reliability, a new report published by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said on Wednesday.

The missile, known as the Hwasong-13 (or KN-08), has a range of more than 3,400 miles (5,471km) and would be capable of hitting much of the continental United States, “if successfully designed and developed”, the report for Congress said.

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