News broadcast with stock footage of a North Korean missile test.
News broadcast with archival footage of a North Korean missile test.
The nation has missiles that can hit any US city.
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North Korea surprised last Tuesday flying over a ballistic missile above Japan, which landed on the other side of the coast. In the face of Pyongyang’s recent provocation with Tokyo, Seoul and Washington; Have you ever wondered how powerful the North Korean nation’s missiles are?
The last ballistic missile fired by the North Korean nation it is intermediate range known as IRBM which has achieved cover a distance of 4,500 kilometers. This missile is believed to have been the Hwasong-12.
As for the information available on North Korea’s weapons power, these are the already tested missiles that it could use.
• Nodong: with a range of up to 1,500 km.
• Pukguksong-3: with a range close to 2,000 km.
• Muslim: with a range of up to 4,000 km.
• Hwasong-12: with a range of up to 4,500 km.
• Hwasong-14: with a range of up to 10,400 km.
• Hwasong-15: with a range of up to 13,000 km.
The last three (Hwasong) present an additional concern on the part of USA since they could impact territories of the country. The Hwasong-12 would have enough capacity to hit the guam islandwhile the Hwansong-15 could reach any major city; like Washington, New York or Los Angeles.
It is also important to note that the aforementioned missiles have the ability to carry a warhead, which increases tensions between the country and the rest of the world.
As for the country’s nuclear power, the last time they carried out such a test was in 2017 in the Punggye-ri area in the northwest of the country. This test resulted in a force far greater than the one it destroyed. Hiroshima in 1945, exceeded 100 kilotons while those that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki reached 21 kilotons.
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