North Korea missiles put on parade are fakes, experts say

[Eugene]

Source: Los Angeles Times

North Korea missiles put on parade are fakes, experts say
April 26, 2012 | 4:12 pm

Several experts believe missiles that North Korea paraded this month in Pyongyang are fakes because a closer study of photographs of the weapons reveals odd inconsistencies in their design.

The missiles were shown as part of birthday celebrations for the nation's founder, Kim Il Sung, just days after a failed rocket launch that embarrassed the reclusive regime. The country has continually touted its military heft in an escalating war of words with South Korea since then.

"Superiority in military technology is no longer monopolized by imperialists, and the era of enemies using atomic bombs to threaten and blackmail us is forever over," leader Kim Jong Un was quoted by the Associated Press as saying in a speech coinciding with the lavish military parade.

But a closer look at the six missiles shows that none of them are exactly the same, a glaring issue for weapons that must be carefully engineered, analysts Markus Schiller and Robert H. Schmucker wrote. They spotted a number of strange features on the purported missiles. For instance, the warheads do not appear capable of separating from the missiles, a key stage in ensuring proper flight.

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[TheWraith]

1. Kind of bright of them, actually.

Videos of fakes can't reveal any useful data about the real thing.

[2on2u]

2. Kim Jong Un can suck it. Feed your people you twisted little man. n/t