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
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