{"id":53034,"date":"2022-10-18T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T01:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=53034"},"modified":"2022-10-18T08:46:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T23:46:51","slug":"conflicting-opinions-north-korean-military-about-launching-ballistic-missiles-reservoirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/conflicting-opinions-north-korean-military-about-launching-ballistic-missiles-reservoirs\/","title":{"rendered":"Conflicting opinions in N. Korean military about launching ballistic missiles from reservoirs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within North Korea&#8217;s military, some people call the development of systems to launch ballistic missiles from below reservoirs a \u201ctemporary, expedient tactic to use for a year,&#8221; a Daily NK source in the military said on Friday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Oct. 10, North Korea said through its state media that its recent series of missile launches was a training drill for tactical nuclear weapon units.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The KCNA reported that, \u201cThere took place a ballistic missile launching drill under the simulation of loading tactical nuclear warheads at a silo under a reservoir in the northwestern part of the DPRK at dawn of September 25.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said the test site was the Taechon Reservoir in Tokhwa-ri (formerly Pungnim-ri) in Taechon County, and that Taechon Power Station No. 1 is located below the reservoir.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s rumored to be the ideal spot with deep water optimal for an underwater missile launch because Taechon Power Station No. 1 dams up the river,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source noted, however, that opinion is split within the military on whether launching missiles from under reservoirs represents a &#8220;permanent option.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea\u2019s launch of ballistic missiles from underneath reservoirs is intended to make it harder for the South Korean military to detect the missiles. Yet among North Korean technicians and experts, opinions diverge about the utility of the tactic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, the operational tactics command team of North Korea\u2019s supreme command thinks the adoption of launch systems underneath reservoirs is inevitably a short-term tactic, given how one could specify the location of reservoirs with the proper launch conditions, including water depth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said the team is currently discussing the matter as one requiring careful thought, given that much of the strategic or tactical significance of a sub-reservoir launch \u2014 or the destructive power of such a strike \u2014 would be negated should the enemy ascertain which reservoirs are deep enough to accommodate such launch technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experts in the defense sciences and strategists also note that the country has completed development of \u201ccold launch\u201d technology to create more nimble, effective weapons, but that launching them from below reservoirs was less effective, given that the technology is for submarine-launched systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, other people say that given how North Korea has four distinct seasons, launching missiles from reservoirs during low-water periods could prove difficult, requiring intensive discussion about building silos under reservoirs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some scientists and technicians are reportedly saying that since launching missiles from reservoirs is a &#8220;temporary expediency&#8221; while the country completes development of nuclear submarines, there is no need to impute the tactic with much significance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said inside the military, defense science agencies and the operational headquarters of tactical nuclear units have decided to submit their final report as a proposal to the Supreme Command after holding intensive discussions about constructing silos underneath reservoirs, as conceived during the latest drill, and about the launch strategy itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20221014-1\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within North Korea&#8217;s military, some people call the development of systems to launch ballistic missiles from below reservoirs a \u201ctemporary, expedient tactic to use for a year,&#8221; a Daily NK source in the military said on Friday.\u00a0 On Oct. 10, North Korea said through its state media that its recent series of missile launches was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":53035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,646],"tags":[1078,1367],"class_list":["post-53034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-military","tag-missiles","tag-nuclear-weapons"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Conflicting opinions in N. 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