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Nuclear arsenal
2024: Underwater Nuclear Weapons Test
In January 2024, the DPRK tested underwater nuclear weapons in response to the exercises of the United States, South Korea and Japan - CTAC.
2023: Among the countries with the largest reserves of raw materials for nuclear weapons
For China, data on traces of the presence of highly enriched uranium and plutonium in the country
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March 2023
2022: A law passed that enshrines the state's right to launch a preventive nuclear strike
In September 2022, the DPRK authorities adopted a new law that enshrines the state's right to launch a preventive nuclear strike on the enemy if Pyongyang considers a threat from him inevitable.
The new law also allows the DPRK to launch a nuclear strike on the enemy in automatic mode in the event of an attack on it.
Kim Jong-un said that the DPRK will not negotiate denuclearization:
"The possession of nuclear weapons is our legal and inalienable right. We do not intend to give up nuclear weapons. The new law makes denuclearization negotiations impossible. "
2021
2019: Map of nuclear facilities
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2024: Rise in missile tests
2023
Flight of 1000 km of North Korean missile became the longest in the history of the DPRK
On July 12, 2023, North Korea launched a ballistic missile towards Japan. It is said that the flight was the longest in the history of the DPRK.
According to The Guardian, the rocket flew about 1000 km. Japan's chief cabinet secretary said the rocket landed about 250km west of Okushiri Island in northern Hokkaido prefecture. The flight lasted approximately 74 minutes, while the rocket reached an altitude of over 6000 km.
It is known that North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile, which launched along a hinged trajectory. According to reports, the launch was carried out at a large angle.
The completed strata was the twelfth in a row for North Korea in 2023. In April 2023, the country conducted a test launch of its first solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, and at the end of May of the same year made an unsuccessful attempt to launch its first ever spy satellite on a new launch vehicle. North Korea conducted 37 tests in 2022.
The DPRK regularly tests missiles, including intercontinental ballistic models. In mid-April 2023, it was reported that Pyongyang had tested a new Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called the Hwasong-18 his most powerful weapon. North Korean missile launches cause alarm and confusion in the South, as well as in parts of Japan. So, for example, in Seoul, air raid sirens were even triggered earlier.
In connection with the launch of Tokyo, the DPRK protested. There is no information about the damage to Japanese ships and aircraft. But it is noted that South Korean President Yoon Seok-yol promised at the National Security Council that Pyongyang would "pay for the incident."[1]
What missiles are in service with the DPRK
In service with the DPRK missile forces for March 2023 there are operational-tactical missiles "Hwason-11," medium-range ballistic missiles "Hwason-12," tests of cruise missiles from a submarine were carried out. In addition, there is an active revision of an intercontinental ballistic missile with a solid fuel engine.
From the end of October 2022 to March 2023, more than 60 units of ballistic missiles of different ranges, as well as 30 launchers of 600-mm MLRS KN-25, were produced at the Taesong Machine-Building Plant in Chhamjin.
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Drones
2023
North Korea reveals nuclear underwater drone Haeil-1
At the end of July 2023, North Korea first showed a nuclear underwater drone Haeil-1, follows from a report by the DPRK Central Telegraph Agency. The drone was displayed during a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. The event was held in Pyongyang. Chinese leader Kim Jong-un and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu watched the parade in the stands. Read more here.
Kim Jong-un showed Shoigu North Korean drones
At the end of July 2023, the head of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, during a visit to the exhibition of weapons held in Pyongyang, showed Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu new North Korean unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which are outwardly similar to the American one. The corresponding photos were published by the Central Telegraph Agency of Korea (CTAC).
The North Korean leader and the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense examined the latest weapons of the DPRK, and two samples of drones attracted special attention. It is noted that their banners presented photographs of UAVs in flight, which suggests that North Korea not only developed these drones, but also tested them.
The South Korean agency Renhap pointed out that one of the drones has an external resemblance to the American reconnaissance UAV RQ-4 Global Hawk, and the second resembles the SShAMQ-9 Reaper strike-reconnaissance drone. According to the agency, to create drones, the DPRK, presumably, could use the information obtained through hacker attacks.
 | MQ-9 are capable of simultaneously conducting reconnaissance and attack, "Yang Uk, a military analyst at the Asan Institute for Political Research, told NK News. - If you look at North Korean copies of the MQ-9, they have three combat modules per wing, that is, only six, and you will see that they are equipped with missiles similar to the American Hellfire. The American version of the MQ-9, for comparison, has two combat modules per wing or four in total. |  |
Shoigu, during a meeting with Kim Jong-un, conveyed to him a personal message from Russian President Vladimir Putin. The head of North Korea, in turn, expressed gratitude for the message conveyed.
After a tour of the exhibition, Kim Jong-un and Shoigu watched a concert on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. It was also attended by a Chinese government delegation.[2]
Banned ballistic missiles were on display as neighbours vowed to strengthen relations.
Nuclear-tipped missiles have been banned by Security Council resolutions UN passed with the support Russia of and, China but at the show they provided a bright backdrop for the three countries' show of solidarity, united by rivalries with and USA a revival, according to some analysts, of their Cold War-era coalition.
Shoigu makes the first visit by a Russian defense minister to North Korea since the collapse of the Soviet Union. For North Korea, the arrival of the Russian and Chinese delegations marks its first serious discovery to the world since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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