{"id":82145,"date":"2024-06-27T04:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/27\/north-korea-says-it-tested-multi-warhead-missile-technology\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T04:00:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T04:00:07","slug":"north-korea-says-it-tested-multi-warhead-missile-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/27\/north-korea-says-it-tested-multi-warhead-missile-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea Says It Tested Multi-Warhead Missile Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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North Korea said for the first time on Thursday that it had tested technology for launching several nuclear warheads with a single missile, days after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia visited the North and raised the prospect of expanded military and technical cooperation.<\/p>\n

The test on Wednesday was \u201caimed at securing the MIRV capability,\u201d the North\u2019s state-run Korean Central News Agency reported. MIRV stands for \u201cmultiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle,\u201d a missile payload containing several warheads, each of which can be sent to a different target. The report said the test had involved part of a MIRV system, not a full-fledged multiple-warhead missile.<\/p>\n

Since North Korea\u2019s leader, Kim Jong-un, hosted Mr. Putin for talks<\/a> last week, officials and analysts have expressed concern that their deepening ties would encourage Mr. Kim to embark on an ambitious upgrade to his nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n

MIRV capability would mark a drastic increase in the threat the North poses<\/a> to the United States and its allies, because a high-speed ballistic missile splitting into several nuclear warheads, as well as decoys, is harder for missile defense systems to intercept.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n