{"id":47358,"date":"2021-01-06T14:41:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T05:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=47358"},"modified":"2021-01-06T16:09:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T07:09:27","slug":"north-korea-forms-new-research-center-focused-on-hypersonic-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-forms-new-research-center-focused-on-hypersonic-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea forms new research center focused on &#8220;hypersonic missiles&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the country\u2019s efforts to develop cutting-edge weapons, North Korea has recently opened a new research center under the Academy of National Defense Science to study hypersonic missiles, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Able to travel at over Mach 5, hypersonic missiles are a next-generation weapon that can theoretically hit any place on the planet within three hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike conventional ballistic missiles, hypersonic missiles do not follow a simple ballistic trajectory. Accordingly, military experts count them among the major weapons that will change the face of future warfare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From North Korea\u2019s perspective, hypersonic missiles could be the \u201cmagic sword\u201d that brings down America\u2019s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)-led \u201cinvincible shield\u201d because they cannot be intercepted by existing missile defense systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere were rumors going around [about the new center] within the Academy of National Defense Science from the middle of last year, and an order issued on Sunday led to the creation of the Hypersonic Rocket Research Center,\u201d a source in the North Korean military told Daily NK yesterday. \u201cThe center is considered so important that the Central Committee made it the first project to be implemented in the new year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source further noted that \u201cit is also very significant that the center was established around the time of the Eighth Party Congress of the Workers\u2019 Party of Korea\u201d and that the founding of the center marks a significant step forward in the history of North Korea\u2019s \u201cdefense sciences.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea has long placed an emphasis on \u201cnew strategic weapons,\u201d and the creation of the new center suggests that the development and deployment of hypersonic missiles will become a &#8220;major national task&#8221; going forward. The center\u2019s establishment also suggests North Korea is strengthening its military power to promote internal solidarity, even as it prepares for negotiations with the US and other nations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46787\" style=\"width: 741px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/\u110b\u1167\u11af\u1107\u1167\u11bc\u1109\u1175\u11a8_6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/\u110b\u1167\u11af\u1107\u1167\u11bc\u1109\u1175\u11a8_6-1.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/\u110b\u1167\u11af\u1107\u1167\u11bc\u1109\u1175\u11a8_6-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/\u110b\u1167\u11af\u1107\u1167\u11bc\u1109\u1175\u11a8_6-1-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/\u110b\u1167\u11af\u1107\u1167\u11bc\u1109\u1175\u11a8_6-1-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soldiers marching during the Party Foundation Day military parade on Oct. 10, 2020. \/ Image: KCNA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cInternally, people are saying that since the nukes are completed, lots of Workers&#8217; Party money will go into hypersonic rockets,\u201d said the source. \u201cThe general view is that they will pour all their resources into preparing for the distant future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on the source\u2019s report, North Korean authorities believe hypersonic missiles, with their high speed, ability to fly at low altitudes &#8211; and even to perform evasive maneuvers &#8211; could prove a \u201cgame changer\u201d that will \u201cshake up\u201d the world\u2019s military and security order by replacing nuclear weapons, which are unlikely to be used in real combat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, North Korean authorities have been conducting basic research on hypersonic missiles since the successful test launch of the Hwasong-15 ICBM in 2017. This means they have been preparing to establish the research center for three years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The center reportedly has four departments and seven labs with a staff of about 300. General preparations to start the center\u2019s operations have been completed: a commuter bus line was created upon the center\u2019s establishment, and the Ministry of Social Security has put in place a \u201csecurity network\u201d to guard the center\u2019s premises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As its first set of \u201ctasks\u201d for 2021, the center has been ordered to conduct \u201cfull-fledged development of hypersonic guided missiles and shipboard laser weapons,\u201d the source said. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%ea%b9%80%ec%a0%95%ec%9d%80-%ea%b7%b9%ec%b4%88%ec%9d%8c%ec%86%8d-%eb%af%b8%ec%82%ac%ec%9d%bc-%ea%b0%9c%eb%b0%9c-%eb%93%9c%eb%9d%bc%ec%9d%b4%eb%b8%8c-%ec%83%88%ed%95%b4-%eb%a7%9e\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the country\u2019s efforts to develop cutting-edge weapons, North Korea has recently opened a new research center under the Academy of National Defense Science to study hypersonic missiles, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 Able to travel at over Mach 5, hypersonic missiles are a next-generation weapon that can theoretically hit any place on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":47359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,646],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-military"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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