{"id":214892,"date":"2020-10-12T07:26:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T07:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=214892"},"modified":"2020-10-15T06:17:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T06:17:59","slug":"north-korea-just-unveiled-what-appears-to-be-a-new-intercontinental-ballistic-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=214892","title":{"rendered":"North Korea just unveiled what appears to be a new intercontinental ballistic missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ryan Pickrell \u2013 Business Insider Oct 10, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">North Korea unveiled what appears to be a massive new intercontinental ballistic missile at a big military parade Saturday.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Expert North Korea watchers said in early analysis the road-mobile, liquid-fueled missile was massive, with one suspecting that it might be capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;We will continue to strengthen war deterrence for self-defense to deter, control and manage all dangerous attempts and threatening acts, including ever-growing nuclear threats, from hostile forces,&#8221; North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_214893\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TV-broadcast-of-75th-anniversary-day-military-parade.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214893\" class=\"wp-image-214893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TV-broadcast-of-75th-anniversary-day-military-parade-768x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TV-broadcast-of-75th-anniversary-day-military-parade-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TV-broadcast-of-75th-anniversary-day-military-parade-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TV-broadcast-of-75th-anniversary-day-military-parade.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-214893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man watches the North Korean 75th anniversary day military parade at the Seoul Railway Station on October 10, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">North Korea unveiled what appears to be a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at a big military parade in Pyongyang Saturday, and it&#8217;s huge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">During the military parade held in Kim Il-Sung Square in the heart of the North Korean capital to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Worker&#8217;s Party, North Korea&#8217;s military rolled out a massive, previously-unseen ICBM on a transporter erector launcher (TEL) with a total of 22 wheels.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As the finale of its parade, North Korea shows what is apparently a new missile on an 11-axle TEL. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4fskoJubBV\">pic.twitter.com\/4fskoJubBV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Martyn Williams (@martyn_williams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/martyn_williams\/status\/1314901628974256129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The missile appears to be the largest road-mobile, liquid-fueled missile, Ankit Panda, a Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, tweeted Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Largest *road-mobile* liquid-fueled missile anywhere, to be clear. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c4Y43cXOcH\">https:\/\/t.co\/c4Y43cXOcH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nktpnd\/status\/1314902110660632581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Melissa Hanham, a missile expert and the deputy director of the Open Nuclear Network, said the missile was &#8220;Huuuuge,&#8221; adding that the missile is potentially capable of carrying Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicle [MIRV] nuclear warheads, a capability North Korea has not yet demonstrated.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The new ICBM in town. Liquid fuel, Huuuuge, capable of carrying MIRV nuclear warheads (if they exist), on an 11 axel version of the HS51200 TEL. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fU6CFCRBKG\">pic.twitter.com\/fU6CFCRBKG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Melissa Hanham (@mhanham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mhanham\/status\/1314904478030737408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">About a week before the parade, South Korean and US intelligence detected the movement of North Korean ICBMs, a South Korean official told local media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;The missile is larger than the one they fired in 2017, and we believe they will showcase that at a military parade on October 10,&#8221; the Seoul official said, <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.koreaherald.com\/view.php?ud=20201004000124\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>according to The Korea Herald<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">North Korea test-launched the large Hwasong-15 ICBM on November 28, 2017. It was the last time North Korea test-fired an ICBM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The powerful weapon was unveiled just a few months after the country tested its first ICBM, the Hwasong-14, in July 2017. Analysts said they believe the Hwasong-15 could theoretically strike anywhere in the continental US.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Trump administration has been trying to persuade North Korea to abandon its pursuit of missiles and nuclear weapons. President Donald Trump even met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un twice to discuss the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Despite the Trump administration&#8217;s claims that the Korean peninsula was on a path toward denuclearization, North Korea appears to be moving in the opposite direction, even if it is no longer conducting nuclear tests.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">North Korea just conducted a nighttime military parade featuring a new largest-of-its-kind ICBM*\u2014for any state not just DPRK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProgress toward the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula\u201d is not going quite to Trump\u2019s \u201cplan\u201d&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W0dChexJ1v\">https:\/\/t.co\/W0dChexJ1v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; (((James Acton))) (@james_acton32) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/james_acton32\/status\/1314914196266643465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Kim Jong Un said Saturday that his country &#8220;will continue to strengthen war deterrence for self-defense to deter, control and manage all dangerous attempts and threatening acts, including ever-growing nuclear threats, from hostile forces,&#8221; <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20201010002952325\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>according to Yonhap News Agency<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Saturday&#8217;s display of the previously-unseen ICBM marks the first time the country has shown off a new long-range missile at a military parade since 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Chad O&#8217;Carroll, a North Korea watcher and the CEO of the Korea Risk Group, <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-northkorea-missiles\/north-korea-unveils-new-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-at-military-parade-idUSKBN26V01K\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>told Reuters<\/strong><\/span><\/a> that North Korea displayed more military hardware in this parade than almost all previous parades.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pages 8, 9 and 10 of North Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun today:<\/p>\n<p>Pictures speak for themselves <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SYYp3xCTL8\">pic.twitter.com\/SYYp3xCTL8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NK NEWS (@nknewsorg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nknewsorg\/status\/1314915846951759875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In addition to the new ICBM, the country appears to have also shown off a new submarine-launched ballistic missile.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New SLBM still looks like the Pugusong family. Pukguksong 4A. Don\u2019t know if the A means there will be a land based version. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DPRKPartyFoundationDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DPRKPartyFoundationDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NLxyvrtjUO\">pic.twitter.com\/NLxyvrtjUO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Melissa Hanham (@mhanham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mhanham\/status\/1314903249854623745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;It is disappointing to see the DPRK continuing to prioritize its prohibited nuclear and ballistic missile program over working towards a brighter future for the North Korean people,&#8221; a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-northkorea-missiles-usa\/us-calls-for-negotiations-with-north-korea-to-achieve-complete-denuclearization-idUSKBN26V0N6\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" data-analytics-post-depth=\"100\" data-uri=\"9991bcd5b86b131963628aa8a22a53e0\">senior Trump administration official told Reuters<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/north-korea-unveils-apparent-massive-new-icbm-at-military-parade-2020-10?r=US&amp;IR=T\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea unveils new missile that experts say could carry multiple warheads capable of striking anywhere in North America <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=214892"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214896,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214892\/revisions\/214896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=214892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=214892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=214892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}