{"id":85698,"date":"2024-07-02T06:57:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T06:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/02\/north-koreas-latest-missile-test-suggests-arms-race-with-south\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T06:57:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T06:57:08","slug":"north-koreas-latest-missile-test-suggests-arms-race-with-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/02\/north-koreas-latest-missile-test-suggests-arms-race-with-south\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea\u2019s Latest Missile Test Suggests Arms Race With South"},"content":{"rendered":"
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North Korea said on Tuesday that it had tested a new ballistic missile with a \u201csuper-large warhead,\u201d the most recent development in an arms race<\/a> with South Korea as the countries vie to introduce weapons of increasingly destructive power.<\/p>\n

Two of the new missiles, known as the Hwasong-11Da-4.5, were launched on Monday, each with a dummy warhead that weighed 4.5 tons, the North\u2019s official Korean Central News Agency said. \u200bBallistic missiles often carry warheads that weigh less than a ton.<\/p>\n

South Korea already has similar missiles that can deliver large warheads. Col. Lee Sung-jun, a spokesman for the South\u2019s military, said the North\u2019s Hwasong-11 series missiles were believed to be capable of carrying payloads of half a ton to 2.5 tons, but that it was \u201ctheoretically possible\u201d to modify them to deliver a 4.5-ton payload.<\/p>\n

But Colonel Lee accused North Korea of deceptively exaggerating its capabilities in the Tuesday report. One of the two missiles the North launched on Monday crashed in an empty field after an \u201cabnormal\u201d flight, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n