New North Korean SLBM Appears In Two Lengths

Kim Minseok Bradley Perrett October 12, 2020
SLBM
Pukguksong 4A.
Credit: Korean Central Television
SEOUL, SYDNEY—North Korea has unveiled a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in two versions, intended to fit into vessels with different launch tubes. Both versions, with different lengths, appeared in a parade in Pyongyang on Oct. 10. Two missiles of the short version were...
Kim Minseok

Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.

Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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