NK’s latest missiles large enough to carry nuclear device

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NK’s latest missiles large enough to carry nuclear device
By Choi Si-young   Published : Mar 26, 2020

A pair of missiles North Korea fired Saturday had a payload capacity sufficient to carry nuclear warheads, Washington-based website 38 North said Wednesday.

The firings on March 21 marked Pyongyang’s third weapons test of the year, following rounds earlier in the month. The missiles launched were similar to Washington’s surface-to-surface, close-range Army Tactical Missile System used to support battlefield operations.

Thirty-Eight North said it suspected that the North Korean missiles’ payload compartment was 700-750 millimeters in diameter to fit the 600-millimeter nuclear weapon North Korea displayed in February 2017.

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