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20/02/23 18:44 PM IST

North Korea fires ballistic missile to bolster nuclear capacity

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  • South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters.
HWASAONG-15
  • North Korea recently demonstrated the HWASONG-15.
  • The missile had its maiden flight in 2017.
  • HWASAONG has the capability to reach the mainland of the USA.
  • It can reach altitudes of 4,475 km and travel 950 km downrange.
  • It has nine axles.
  • The missile vehicles are generally referred to as the Transporter Erector Launcher.
  • These vehicles can carry missiles and can erect them for launch.
Ballistic Missile
  • It is a rocket-propelled self-guided strategic-weapons system that follows a ballistic trajectory to deliver a payload from its launch site to a predetermined target.
  • Ballistic trajectory is the path of an unpowered object, as a missile, moving only under the influence of gravity and possibly atmospheric friction and with its surface providing no significant lift to alter the course of flight.
  • It can carry conventional high explosives as well as chemical, biological, or nuclear munitions.
  • The International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC), now known as the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC), is a political initiative aimed at globally curbing ballistic missile proliferation.
Source- Hindustan Times

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