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Experts: N. Korea's Recent Launches Tested Missiles to Target S. Korea

Christy Lee

   In recent tests, North Korea has been improving the firepower of its
   missiles that can target South Korea, making them ready to deploy on a
   battlefield, experts said.

   "North Korea has been enhancing its firepower, war-fighting
   capabilities over the past two years, flight-testing a number of new
   systems," including the KN-25 missile and variants such as the KN-23
   and KN-24, said Michael Elleman, director of the Non-Proliferation and
   Nuclear Policy Program at the International Institute for Strategic
   Studies.

   Both systems "are capable of threatening targets in South Korea and are
   likely more accurate and lethal than the systems previously seen in
   North Korea," he said.

   Compared with artillery positioned across the North Korean side of the
   demilitarized zone, Elleman said, the KN-25 missiles give Pyongyang the
   ability "to attack the South relentlessly in the opening hours or days
   of conflict."

   North Korea's launches on March 2 and March 9 included KN-25 missiles
   that the regime began testing on August 24. [1]The March 9 launch was
   Pyongyang's sixth KN-25 test.

References

   1. https://www.38north.org/2020/03/jdempsey031020/

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