North Korea has launched its KN-23 ballistic missileWith a 4,500 kg extended warhead, it is one of the largest warheads ever integrated onto a ballistic missile. According to local officials, the missile was test-fired on September 18 in response to “serious threats from external forces” and was launched from the country's east coast. Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, personally supervised the test and reported on the test: “Such tests and the continuous improvement of weapons and equipment performance through tests are directly related to the serious threats to the country from external forces.” Democratic People's Republic of Korea safe environment. “Only with strong power can we contain and defeat the enemy's strategic misjudgments,” he added, stressing the need to continue modernizing missile arsenals. According to some reports, the missile, designated locally as Hwasong-11-Da-4.5, was previously tested on July 1. The new model with an enlarged warhead can attack targets only 350 kilometers away. title=“North Korea KN-23B Ballistic Missile Launch”
The size of the new ballistic missile-class warhead enables it to launch munitions that would normally require an entire missile barrage, 500 kg is believed to be the North Korean Hwasong-6 or Russian Standard payload for ballistic missile systems such as the Iskander-M. This payload will enable the new missile system to engage heavily fortified targets and optimize its attack against concentrated enemy attacks. It is worth noting that since early 2024, Russia has increasingly used extremely high ammunition bombs carrying “a href=” bombs. target=”_blank”>3000kg payload has huge impact on Ukrainian army, although these must be Dropped by aircraftAnd crashed just tens of kilometers away from the target. North Korea's new missiles are capable of striking targets with 50% greater payload and at considerable ranges in the tactical ballistic missile class, which has significant implications for the country's potential adversaries, namely the United States; South Korea and its Western bloc ally. No missile equivalent to the Hwasong-11-Da-4.5 is known to exist anywhere in the world, and the missile's high payload may allow it to be exported to Russia. The Russian Ministry of Defense appeared in late 2023 as “a href=”. target=”_blank”>Main customersA range of North Korean tactical ballistic missile types, including the KN-23B and KN-24.