Can North Korean missile carry SEVERAL nukes? Analysts spot ominous cone-like tip on new long-range missile that could avoid US interceptor and launch multiple warheads

Can North Korean missile carry SEVERAL nukes? Analysts spot ominous cone-like tip on new long-range missile that could avoid US interceptor and launch multiple warheads

  • North Korean long-range ICBM may be capable of carrying multiple warheads
  • Hwasong-14 ballistic missile was seen with a cone-like ‘shroud’ on its tip
  • The shroud allows the missile to potentially carry miniaturized warheads
  • It also allows missile to conceal numerous balloons that act as decoy
  • On Saturday, two US B-1B bombers conducted live-fire drills in South Korea
  • Bombers were joined Saturday by US and South Korean fighter jets 
  • Drills meant as a show of force after North Korea’s successful ICBM test-launch 

North Korea may not only be developing missiles that can reach the American mainland, but they also could have the capacity to deliver multiple nuclear bombs while avoiding US defenses, it was reported on Saturday.

Images of the North’s intercontinental Hwasong-14 ballistic missile shows a hollow cone-like ‘shroud’ at the tip, according to Business Insider.

An expert on nuclear-tipped missiles told Business Insider that that the ‘shroud’ seen on the missile is usually indicative of ‘multiple reentry vehicles or added countermeasures.’

That means the missile has multiple, independent nukes for a payload, according to David Schmerler, a research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.

Images of North Korea’s intercontinental Hwasong-14 ballistic missile shows a hollow cone-like ‘shroud’ at the tip, which one expert believes is an indication that it has developed sophisticated countermeasures that would defeat US defenses

Images of North Korea’s intercontinental Hwasong-14 ballistic missile shows a hollow cone-like ‘shroud’ at the tip, which one expert believes is an indication that it has developed sophisticated countermeasures that would defeat US defenses

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts with scientists and technicians of the DPRK Academy of Defense Science after the test-launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang on Wednesday

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts with scientists and technicians of the DPRK Academy of Defense Science after the test-launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang on Wednesday

Schmerler cautions that there is ‘no indication’ that Pyongyang has the capability to fit multiple, miniaturized warheads into a single missile.

Still, the possibility exists that the North Korean missile could have countermeasures that would render missile defense systems moot…..More Here

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