A group of pictures North Korean state media released of the rail-mobile missile tests today.
Warzone/The Drive: North Korea Is Now Launching Ballistic Missiles From Trains And That's A Big Deal (Updated)
Rail-mobile missiles offer North Korea a relatively low-cost way to rapidly disperse weapons while also making them very hard to target. North Korea has revealed that a pair of ballistic missiles it test-fired earlier today were launched using a previously unknown railway-based system. A railcar-based missile launcher would offer a relatively cheap way for the North Koreans to field additional missiles in a way that would make them significantly less vulnerable to preemptive or counter-attacks.
The launches were carried out by the North Korean military's Railway Mobile Missile Regiment and this was the unit's first time demonstrating what was described only as a "railway mobile missile system," according to an official release from the country's state media. The statement also says the missiles flew approximately 800 kilometers, or nearly 500 miles, from their launch point before failing into the sea off the country's eastern coastline.
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WNU Editor: The former Soviet Union used such a platform to deploy some of its nuclear missiles. This is an old concept but one that North Korea has decided to embrace.
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