Second North Korean ICBM Test Probably Used Lighter Payload

Credit: Hwasong 14: KCNA
SEOUL, SYDNEY—North Korea appears to have achieved a greater altitude and implied maximum range in its second test of the Hwasong 14 intercontinental ballistic missile by reducing payload. The payload in the first test, on July 4, was 900 kg (2,000 lb.), estimates professor Jang Youngguen of the...
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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