North Korea’s 2019 missile development: new details from the UN Panel
The report highlights just how far the DPRK has come in developing a range of short-range, solid-propellant missiles
This is part three of a three-part series by Ankit Panda on the latest report by the UN Panel of Experts on North Korea. Read part one here and part two here.
After a year’s pause, 2019 marked the resumption of a full-scale missile testing program in North Korea, focused exclusively on solid propellant systems. Beginning on May 4 and continuing through November, North Korea tested 26 missiles, including a short-range missile resembling Russia’s Iskander-M (U.S. intelligence designation KN-23), a short-range missile resembling the U.S. Army Tactical Missile System (U.S. intelligence designation KN-24), and a