Hwasong-14
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| General Information | |
| Type | ICBM |
| Local name | Hwasong-14 |
| NATO designation | KN-20 |
| Country of origin |
 North Korea
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| Manufacturer | unknown |
| development | 2011-2017 |
| Working time | testing |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | approx. 18 m |
| diameter | approx 1.8 m |
| drive | Liquid rocket engine |
| Range | approx. 6,700-10,700 km |
| Furnishing | |
| Warhead | Nuclear warhead |
| Lists on the subject | |
The Hwasong-14 is a ballistic intercontinental missile , currently in North Korea is in development. In NATO it is referred to as KN-20 .
development
The Hwasong-14 was first presented at a military parade in 2011. On July 4, 2017, she was launched on a test flight for the first time. It was fired from a missile site in northern North Korea, rose to an altitude of around 2,802 km and flew about 900 km eastward, where it fell in the Sea of Japan . A warhead was not on board. According to the generally accepted definition, it is an ICBM if it reaches an altitude of at least 1,000 km in flight (near-Earth space) and flies 5,500 km.
Range
Analysts have calculated that the Hwasong-14 in the first configuration would fly up to 6,800 km with a less steep flight path. This would make it the first North Korean missile that Alaska, and thus the US mainland, can reach.
Another test of a suspected Hwasong-14 followed on July 28, 2017. The rocket rose to an altitude of 3,700 km and flew for 47 minutes before falling into the Sea of Japan. Hypothetically, this results in a range of up to 10,700 km for an optimal, flatter trajectory, with which the west coast of the USA could be reached. If one also takes into account the earth's range-extending rotation on an eastward flight path, destinations beyond the US west coast would also be conceivable, such as Chicago and possibly New York.
But according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists , it is doubtful whether the missile tested in July 2017 can even reach Alaska with a nuclear warhead made by North Korea.
technology
There are no indications of the different flight performance of the two rockets; it is assumed that a rocket with two engines was used in the first stage in the first test. A first stage with four engines could have been used on the second attempt. The name of this additional rocket is still unclear.
North Korea usually carries out missile tests very steeply, presumably to avoid overflights over other countries and thus possible military reactions.
Little is known about the configuration of the Hwasong-14. It is a two-stage rocket, probably a further development of the Hwasong-13 or the Hwasong-12 .
The mobile system is housed on the all -terrain WS51200 -16 × 12- truck and can therefore be relocated quickly and is difficult to locate. A preventive destruction is therefore not reliably possible. Each vehicle is equipped with a missile.
Web links
- Thomas Gutschker: North Korea's hardworking helper . Pyongyang is simply testing an ICBM - although there are strict sanctions against the country. How can that be? Those in the know say: A powerful country did the pioneering work. In: FAZ . August 6, 2017 ( faz.net ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ North Korea Appears to Launch Missile with 6,700 km Range . 3rd July 2017.
- ^ N. Korea likely to have operational ICBM capable of striking US West Coast next year or two: US expert .
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Thomas Gutschker: North Korea is now flying in the premier class . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung . tape 2017 , no. 27 . Frankfurt July 9, 2017.
- ↑ a b Hwasong-14 (US designation KN-20) . In: Missile Threat . ( csis.org [accessed August 1, 2017]).
- ↑ http://thebulletin.org/north-korea%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cnot-quite%E2%80%9D-icbm-can%E2%80%99t-hit-lower-48- states11012
- ↑ Pyongyang ignores warnings: North Korea is testing new long-range missile . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . July 28, 2017, ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed July 30, 2017]).
- ↑ North Korea: Missile could reach entire United States . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . July 29, 2017, ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed July 30, 2017]).
- ^ Justin McCurry: North Korea's missile test: everything you need to know. the Guardian, July 5, 2017, accessed July 10, 2017 .
