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North Korea military capabilities

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Kim Yo-jong
Kim Yo-jong

“We have no intention to export our military technical capabilities to any country or open them to the public. Our tactical weapons, including multiple rocket launchers and missiles, will be used to prevent Seoul from inventing any idle thinking.”

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North Korean politician serving as the Deputy Director of the United Front Department of the Workers' Party of Korea
17 May 2024 5 4
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Leif-Eric Easley
Leif-Eric Easley

“The Kim regime prioritizes advancing its military capabilities and doesn't care to stay quiet during the South Korean legislative election campaign. But firing an intermediate-range missile lacks the shock value of a full-range ICBM [intercontinental ballistic missile] launch or a nuclear test, so it's unlikely to swing any National Assembly seats. Although Pyongyang's weapons development remains a major concern, Seoul is currently focused on health care reform, economic policies, and domestic political scandals.”

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Professor at Ewha University in Seoul
01 Apr 2024 6 4
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Robert Kelly
Robert Kelly

“This is pretty new. The core issue is the propulsion system; the louder it is, the easier it is to find. It's not really clear if North Korea's long range missiles have good guidance to land at a specific target so the submarine would probably not be able to go that far away.”

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International relations expert at Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea
08 Sep 2023 2 3
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Korean Central News Agency
Korean Central News Agency

“The underwater nuclear attack drone Haeil-2 … cruised 1,000km [621 miles] of simulated underwater distance. The test perfectly proved the reliability of the underwater strategic weapon system and its fatal attack ability.”

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Report by North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)
08 Apr 2023 0 2
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Leif-Eric Easley
Leif-Eric Easley

“North Korea's cruise missiles, air force, and tactical nuclear devices are probably much less capable than propaganda suggests. But it would be a mistake to dismiss North Korea's recent weapons testing spree as bluster or sabre-rattling. Pyongyang's military threats are a chronic and worsening problem for peace and stability in Asia that must not be ignored. Policymakers in Seoul, Tokyo and Washington should not allow domestic politics and other challenges such as Russia's war in Ukraine to prevent them from increasing international coordination on military deterrence and economic sanctions.”

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Professor at Ewha University in Seoul
13 Oct 2022 4 4
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Yoon Seok-youl
Yoon Seok-youl

“President Biden and I agreed that the sophistication of North Korea's military capabilities, such as missiles and its nuclear program, has posed grave concerns to the security of our two countries. In response, President Biden reemphasized his commitment to the U.S. government's extended deterrence commitment to South Korea. In detail, we agreed to begin discussions on expanding our joint military exercises, which are key to our combined defense capability, and to coordinate with each other on deploying U.S. strategic assets and additional measures. In order to prepare ourselves for a possible nuclear attack from North Korea, there have been discussions that our two countries' combined military exercise should be carried out in various ways.”

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President of South Korea
21 May 2022 7 5
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Jeffrey Lewis
Jeffrey Lewis

“One of my complaints about the 'hypersonic' framing is that it wrongly emphasizes speed when what we really are discussing is manoeuvrability and accuracy. So, yeah, the new (North Korea) glider is hypersonic. But more importantly, it's a MaRV [Manoeuvrable Reentry Vehicle].”

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Weapons expert and professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies
06 Jan 2022 4 2
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Ahn Chan-il
Ahn Chan-il

“Pyongyang is looking to highlight their presence on the world stage and their military capabilities. They are buying time this way and trying to leverage as much as they can from Seoul's proposal to declare the official end of the Korean War, as well as Washington's offer to talk without any preconditions.”

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North Korea defector-turned-researcher
30 Sep 2021 2 6
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