North Korea Defence Forum

[925boy]

He needs to ease off the cheese burgers. He looked so healthy when he came to power. Now he looks like he is about to have a heart attack any moment.

You're talking about burgers...what about the cigarettes? smh....guess its a very stressful job...

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

What part of being a despot is stressful??

You're talking about burgers...what about the cigarettes? smh....guess its a very stressful job...

 

[925boy]

What part of being a despot is stressful??

Escaping assasination attempts? preventing coups? Treacherous deals on the table with other countries? Public uprising? EVen Obama Barack got grey hairs within 2 days of being president..he came in with black hair, left with grey hair...and yea, i heard he also smoked/s cigarettes. he's a hero tho. Drizzy!

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

You're actually very right.
Just look at Imran Khan he seems to have gotten older overnight.

Escaping assasination attempts? preventing coups? Treacherous deals on the table with other countries? Public uprising? EVen Obama Barack got grey hairs within 2 days of being president..he came in with black hair, left with grey hair...and yea, i heard he also smoked/s cigarettes. he's a hero tho. Drizzy!

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

One million tons..,that's a lot of food..

China is attempting to bribe North Korea. 1 millions tons of food is peanuts compared to what is at stake: no less than the dominance of the 21th century.

And this as Trump just upped the ante, suggesting that China's current 44 millions tons of Rare Earth Elements (R.E.E.), key for all hightech production, could be challenged with the planned multibillion-dollar takeover of Greenland that harbours 100 millions tons of REE.

While Kim Jong Un has clearly the upper hand.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un is Peerlessly Great Man: Rodong Sinmun

http://web.archive.org/web/20190821023113/https://i.imgur.com/IStQtvH.png ; https://archive.fo/60VIN/93470a4e8bdfced1dd25247d89804a7fc2fa7094.png
▲ 1. Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un is Peerlessly Great Man: Rodong Sinmun. Aug. 6, Juche 108 (2019) Tuesday

Within two decades, by the year 2040, the world will be unified for the first time in human history, and without fail, under a single leader, namely Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, the Peerlessly Great Person of the Mt Paektu.

No one would be able to match, least challenge the military might and the technological level of Juche Korea, endowed with the world's first reserve of Rare Earth Elements (R.E.E.), key for all modern hightech weaponries.

http://web.archive.org/web/20190808143653if_/http://ipic.su/img/img7/fs/DPRKREE2017.1565274981.jpg ; https://archive.fo/MBc1n/28d86faf1fb8d02780b261f10fc76447dc82cb0c.jpg ; http://web.archive.org/web/20190404...7/?temp_hash=2bc8a8e641ac0d14fc258c0fd24bc06c ; https://defence.pk/pdf/attachments/...7/?temp_hash=2bc8a8e641ac0d14fc258c0fd24bc06c
▲ 2. World's first reserve of Rare Earth Elements in the DPRK.

http://web.archive.org/web/20190808...img7/fs/Trumbeggarbowlworltour.1565277584.jpg ; https://defence.pk/pdf/attachments/...6/?temp_hash=d774ae55fb03e91fb700ad165d3930f5
▲ 3. With more than 22 trillion dollars of debt, the U.S. will continue its beggar bowl's world tour, and as long as it needs to import Rare Earth Elements (R.E.E.) from China.

This painfull truth has caused such sleepless nights and uneasiness in the White House, that Trump has repeatedly tried to bribe the Suppreme Leader no less than three times over the last two years, while showing no restrain in his sycophancy toward Kim Jong Un, but all to no avail.

Thus, in a last ditch attempt to avoid the foreseeable demise of the Pax Americana, Trump went to mull the purchase of Greenland, known to harbour after North Korea (216 millions tons) some of the largest deposits of rare-earth metals on earth, with 100 millions tonnes.

4:51 PM - 20 Aug 2019

Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postponing our meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time....

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1163961882945970176
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4:51 PM - 20 Aug 2019

....The Prime Minister was able to save a great deal of expense and effort for both the United States and Denmark by being so direct. I thank her for that and look forward to rescheduling sometime in the future!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1163961884225277954
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http://web.archive.org/web/20190821030730/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECXzFuBXkAc0Dbf.jpg ; https://archive.fo/eqiR0/d85bfec5d7fd0898c8b3161238f17b3a51aff4de.jpg
▲ 4. America's last ditch attempt to avoid its demise.

http://web.archive.org/web/20190401024051if_/https://i.imgur.com/IIM2jia.jpg ; https://archive.fo/IHwzR/7b51a53273a60191dcaf3af219acc286d0c640d8.jpg ; https://i.imgur.com/IIM2jia.jpg ; https://defence.pk/pdf/attachments/...8/?temp_hash=886a8c3db40055848f83bf9e51e8b9d7
▲ 5. The Great Powers of the Next World Order: Pole Position for the DPRK in the space DEW arms race, key game-changer for opening-up the dawn of the Pax Coreana.

Just look at Imran Khan he seems to have gotten older overnight.

http://web.archive.org/web/20190821022714/https://imgur.com/ecYmnLG ; https://archive.is/qfOgm/015fb81f59213bdc2e4f471ae62debd201f1bbfc.jpg
▲ 6. Master of the World by 2040: Immortal Leader Kim Jong Un.


Just deal with it.

 

[sahureka2]

Today North Korea tests “super-large” multiple rocket launch system: KCNA

 

[foxhoundbis]

Today North Korea tests “super-large” multiple rocket launch system: KCNA

It seems NK's new MLRS does have incredible features.

Japan says North Korea developing warheads to penetrate missile defenses
TOKYO (Reuters) - Pyongyang appears to be developing warheads to penetrate a ballistic missile shield defending Japan, the country’s defense chief said on Tuesday, pointing to the irregular trajectories of the latest missiles launched by North Korea.

Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya told a news conference Japan believes the rockets were a new short-range ballistic missile, according to a ministry spokesman who confirmed his comments carried by domestic media.

Recent short-range missile tests by Pyongyang have stoked alarm in neighboring Japan even as U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed the launches as unimportant.

The United Nations Security Council discussed North Korea’s actions behind closed-doors on Tuesday at the request of Germany, France and Britain. The three countries condemned Pyongyang’s “repeated provocative launches” as violations of Security Council resolutions.


“International sanctions must remain in place and be fully and strictly enforced until North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs are dismantled. It is vital that the Security Council shows unity in upholding its resolutions,” Germany, Britain and France said in a joint statement after the meeting.

Saturday’s test firings came a day after Seoul said it was ending a military intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo, amid a worsening spat over wartime forced labor.

Iwaya and other Japanese officials called Seoul’s decision “irrational” as the threat posed by North Korea grows.

Japan and the United States have Aegis destroyers deployed in the Sea of Japan armed with interceptor missiles designed to destroy warheads in space. Japan also plans to build two land-based Aegis batteries to bolster its ballistic missile shield.


Those defense systems, however, are designed to counter projectiles on regular and therefore, predictable, trajectories, and any variation in flight path would make interception trickier.

Detailed analysis of the latest North Korean launches was underway with the United States, an official of South Korea’s defense ministry said on Tuesday.

Reporting by Tim Kelly in Tokyo; Additional reporting by Hyonhee Shin in Seoul and Michelle Nichols at the United Nations; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Tom Brown

Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...s-to-penetrate-missile-defenses-idUSKCN1VH0IV

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Was it a sabotage? yes

Commentary

What happened to Iran? Back in 2012, some members of IranMilitaryForum.net were bragging that the space program of the I.R.I. was more advanced than that of North Korea.

Today, we see that Trump in his tweet, claims responsibility for the sabotage of not only this Safir-e-Nahid space launch, but for all space and nuclear sabotages that have struck Iran for years.

It is no secret that by allowing some German company to sell critical parts to Iran, the U.S. is flooding Iran with faulty components, responsible for notorious fatal failures.

North Korea also imports many components from China, but these are reliable unlike the planted Germans' one.

This year, as announced since February, North Korea has tested no less than 2 new-type aero ballistic missiles and one new ultra-heavy MLRS. All without fail.

Indeed, by outsourcing all its strategic development to North Korea, Iran can spare shedding more tears and blood.

Furthermore, North Korea is among the safest society in the world, enemy terrorists can not roam freely and assassinate key scientists like in Iran.

This will become ever more pressing should the next Safir-2-e-Zafar fail.

Kim Jong Un's aphorism

“The work related with education and science and technology can be successful only when it is propelled steadily with an eye to 10 or 20 years ahead.”

金正恩名言集 1 ; "教育工作和科学技术工作，只有展望十年二十年，坚持不懈，持之以恒，才能根深蒂固。”; p36; 朝鲜·平壤 ; 主体105年（2016年） ; 外文出版社; 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国印刷 ; ᄀ-6830137
http://www.korean-books.com.kp/KBMbooks/ch/book/politics/00000228.pdf
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North Korean universities open new majors to focus on science tech education

September 03, 2019

SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Dozens of universities in North Korea established new majors focusing on science and technology this year, the North's main newspaper said Tuesday.

According to the Rodong Sinmun, 85 new majors opened at 37 universities nationwide, including those in the fields of medical equipment, information security, nano-material engineering and robot engineering.

The newspaper also said preparations are under way to open 11 new high schools specialized in information technology in each province, as well as to designate one middle school each in every city and county to focus on technology education.

"This holds great significance in that it enables nurturing talents necessary for economic development in the regions and other sectors," the Rodong Sinmun said.

In a similar article, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, "Educational system of professional technology was further strengthened through the combination and arrangement of some colleges of professional technology."

"Technical senior middle schools in various fields were established throughout the country last year and this year to train students into talents mastering at least one modern technology along with the secondary general knowledge," it said. "Senior middle schools" in North Korea are comparable to high schools in South Korea.

North Korea has been stressing the importance of improving its science and technology levels, revising its constitution in April to state that "science and technology power is the nation's most important strategic resource."

The articles came as North Korea kicked off a national conference of teachers in Pyongyang to discuss the country's future education policy direction.

On Monday, senior party officials urged the participants at the conference to train more "talents to make contributions to the development of national science and technology," according to the KCNA.

http://web.archive.org/web/20190903...co.kr/view/AEN20190903006251325?section=nk/nk
http://archive.fo/Ouxf6


DPRK Will Always Emerge Victorious as It Has Enormous Self-defence Capability


Sep. 2, Juche 108 (2019) Monday

A series of news upon the development and completion of weapons of Juche demonstrating the powerful military muscle of socialist Korea is infusing the Korean people with greater pride and honor of being citizens of a powerful nation and confidence in and optimism about sure victory.

It is the greatest victory ever achieved by the Workers’ Party of Korea and the Korean people since the foundation of the DPRK that they gained a strong treasured sword for preserving peace by dauntlessly weathering unprecedented ordeals and difficulties. It is also an auspicious great event to be celebrated for all ages, as it provided to posterity sure guarantee for the most dignified and happiest life in the world.

A series of successes being witnessed in bolstering the capabilities for self-defence helps the people bear deeper in their minds that their country is an impregnable fortress no one dare attack.

The powerful defence capabilities and war deterrent the DPRK has secured by overcoming harsh trials and difficulties are not for threatening other countries but for averting aggression and war by the imperialists, completely ending military threat and thus preserving peace and stability of the Korean peninsula and creating an environment favorable for building an economic giant.

The signal successes being achieved one after another in bolstering the country’s defence capabilities are entirely a valuable fruition of the wise guidance of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

Myong Ju Hyok

http://web.archive.org/web/20190903...p?strPageID=SF01_02_01&newsID=2019-09-02-0001
http://archive.fo/RMLyU
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▲ 1. North Korea's newest ultra-heavy MLRS.

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▲ 2. North Korea's newest aero ballistic missiles.

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Almost there... historic event...

Arent a few people too quick to celebrate the pre-conceived failure which may not happen?

This whole Chandrayaan-2 thingy has been so shabby since day one (remember the broken legs just weeks before launch?), that even the most enthusiastic ISRO cheerleaders, can only pray frantically, to avoid a most dishonorable Beresheet lunar spacecraft's style outcome on 7th September 2019!



Lord Ganesha: ISRO's last hope!

Mumbai: Devotees offer prayers at Lalbaugcha Raja pandal as Ganesh Chaturthi begins

The approximately 20-feet high Ganapati idol at Lalbaug has been crafted in a traditional manner and is installed in a beautiful pandal decorated on the theme of ISRO's ambitious Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft which was launched in July.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1168398967358423040

http://web.archive.org/web/20190902151605/https://i.imgur.com/1CXTYDU.png ; https://archive.is/geJfm/c384173e29b192b7628c47ee93d15c6012b7099b.png ; https://twitter.com/Sujay__Raj/status/1168398967358423040
▲ 1. Lord Ganesha: ISRO's last hope!

http://web.archive.org/web/20190902152051/https://im.rediff.com/news/2019/aug/30lalbaug1.jpg ; https://archive.fo/1UqGU/b671183c8ada2c74ef2c1d368da10000373048b8.jpg ; http://web.archive.org/web/20190902...drayaan-2-themed-lalbaugcha-raja/20190830.htm ; http://archive.fo/Qpn6b
▲ 2. Lord Ganesha: ISRO's last hope! Notice the hovering FUGO above Ganesha!

Close-up at what is hovering over Ganesha

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▲ 3. North Korean FUGO schematics. Korean Central Television Children's Film 2019.

http://web.archive.org/web/20190904164348/https://i.imgur.com/8eCc4O9.png ; https://archive.fo/7ygAu/4b7380a994625eab3bb957742166e6a845cf3b4e.png ; https://archive.fo/7ygAu/d4276db2232023bd1556e4d3c6ef8ffb773565a5/scr.png
▲ 4. North Korean FUGO takeoff. Korean Central Television Children's Film 2019.

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▲ 5. North Korean FUGO hovering in outer space. Korean Central Television Children's Film 2019.

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▲ 6. North Korean spacemen inside the FUGO. Korean Central Television Children's Film 2019.

http://web.archive.org/web/20190821022714/https://imgur.com/ecYmnLG ; https://archive.is/qfOgm/015fb81f59213bdc2e4f471ae62debd201f1bbfc.jpg
▲ 7. Master of FUGOs: Space Marshal Kim Jong Un

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Chandrayaan 2's Planned Landing Most Complex In ISRO History: Ex-Chairman

September 03, 2019

On soft-landing on the Moon, he said its something like flying saucers coming in hovering on the top and then slowly descending, as in science fiction.

It's almost a similar sequence which ISRO is going to implement, with practically no real-time controls on the ground.

http://web.archive.org/web/20190905...t-complex-in-isro-history-ex-chairman-2095061
http://archive.is/gXPMJ

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▲ 1. North Korean FUGO schematics. Korean Central Television Children's Film 2019.

http://web.archive.org/web/20190904164348/https://i.imgur.com/8eCc4O9.png ; https://archive.fo/7ygAu/4b7380a994625eab3bb957742166e6a845cf3b4e.png ; https://archive.fo/7ygAu/d4276db2232023bd1556e4d3c6ef8ffb773565a5/scr.png
▲ 2. North Korean FUGO takeoff. Korean Central Television Children's Film 2019.

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▲ 3. North Korean FUGO hovering in outer space. Korean Central Television Children's Film 2019.

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▲ 4. North Korean spacemen inside the FUGO. Korean Central Television Children's Film 2019.

http://web.archive.org/web/20190821022714/https://imgur.com/ecYmnLG ; https://archive.is/qfOgm/015fb81f59213bdc2e4f471ae62debd201f1bbfc.jpg
▲ 5. Master of FUGOs: Space Marshal Kim Jong Un

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

United Nations Security Council

Distr.: General
30 August 2019

S/2019/691

Summary

During the reporting period, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea continued to enhance its nuclear and missile programmes, although it did not conduct a nuclear test or intercontinental ballistic missile launch. Missile launches in May and July of 2019 enhanced its overall ballistic missile capabilities.

Annex 32: Strengthening the ballistic programme’s capacity

1.According to one Member State the DPRK is actively engaged in indigenous R&D and the production of missiles with solid propellant, inter alia at the industrial complex of Hamhung.
According to another Member State, there is a clear development progression from propellant for artillery rockets/SRBMs to solid propellant for ICBMs (see section 4 of this annex).

Figure I shows two similar distinctive white containers (11m x 2.40m) moving in two different areas of the Hamhung-Hungnam industrial complex. The first container moved from the location 39°49'11.81"N 127°35'17.93"E, 400m from the solid fuel propellant production facility of the Hungnam 17 Factory (39°49'27.00"N 127°35'13.55"E), as observed during the following dates in 2019: 20 February, 25 February, 1 March, 4 March, 25 March, 26 March and 3 April.

The second white container moved from location 39° 57′ 27′′ N 127° 33′ 37′′ E, at the new production area of the Chemical Material Institute CMI (production of missile casing), as observed during the following dates in 2018: 29 July, 18 August (1h56; 4h50) and 15 September. This type of white containers (11m x 2.40m) could transport rocket motor casings (wound from composite fibers).

Figure I: Similar white containers moving at the solid fuel facility (first seven pictures) and the rocket casing production facility (last four pictures)

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▲ 1. Figure I


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4. The DPRK’s BM programme is comprehensive and autonomous. Systems integration and internal synergies ensure that developments on the SRBM programme benefit MRBM/IRBM and ICBM programmes. With regard to missile engine development, according to one Member State, the DPRK’s current goal appears to be to develop a solid-fueled first stage for its ICBM. Another Member State observed the deployment of solid fueled missiles Pukkuksong-2 (KN-15) MRBM in the missile bases close to the northern border where the liquid fueled missile Nodong also remained deployed.

https://undocs.org/en/S/2019/691
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190906000700325?section=nk/nk

 

[foxhoundbis]

DPRK fires two unidentified projectiles after proposing new talks with U.S.

It seems to be two others hypersonic super maneuverable ballistic missiles.

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

North Korea's Reconnaissance Satellites Not Overlooked

As an official acknowledgement of North Korea's reconnaissance satellite capabilities, South Korea has disclosed its plans to develop anti-satellite laser weapon by 2023.

Indeed, the South is becoming ever more frantic as North Korea is expected to place several reconnaissance satellites into space, starting with the Kwangmyongsong-5.

It is the payload of the next scheduled North Korean space launch, aboard the Unha-5 rocket. Kwangmyongsong-5 will be a dedicated Earth observation satellite, heavier than all combined previous orbited payloads (1 ton).

http://web.archive.org/web/20190919...ilnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=101028
http://archive.fo/xS7EC

South Korea to Develop Laser Drone Killer

September 18, 2019 13:39

South Korea plans to develop an anti-aircraft laser weapon by 2023 in preparation for threats like recent drone attacks on Saudi oil fields.

It eventually wants to upgrade it into a high-powered laser weapons system capable of intercepting even enemy fighter jets or reconnaissance satellites flying over the Korean Peninsula.

The Defense Acquisition Program Administration said Tuesday it will invest about W88 billion beginning this year to develop the weapon and deploy it warfare-ready (US$1=W1,191).

The weapon will fire laser beams generated by optical fibers to destroy or neutralize targets, mostly small drones or multicopters flying within a few kilometers. It relies laser beams without the need for bullets or shells and therefore costs only about W2,000 per shot.

Hanwha Corporation is expected to develop a prototype.

Over the last decade, the Agency for Defense Development studied the option of combining, tracking and aiming laser beams but only succeeded in developing a weapon that is capable of puncturing the surface of a small stationary missile a few hundred meters away.

A DAPA spokesman said, "We're going to push a Korean-style 'star wars' project by improving the new weapon's performance so that it could intercept even fighter jets and satellites."

Several advanced countries have already developed or are developing drone-killer lasers. The U.S. has the 10 kw-laser Area Defense Anti-Munitions, Israel the 20 kw-laser Iron Beam, and the 20 to 30 kw High-Energy Laser effector. All of them are capable of intercepting drones flying at a low altitude of 1 to 2 km.

http://web.archive.org/web/20190918...e/data/html_dir/2019/09/18/2019091801600.html
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▲ 1. South Korean AA laser weapons system Block-I.

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

New North Korean Ballistic Submarine Soon To Be Deployed

Friday, Sept. 20, 3:14

Satellite images suggest North Korea may be preparing to deploy a ballistic missile-capable submarine.

Satellite operator Planet Labs have told NHK that they have analyzed images of a shipyard in the eastern port city of Sinpo.

On September 3 at least 13 pillar-like objects could be seen along a quay, with some vehicles moving around.

Images taken on September 12 show the construction of a large structure straddling the quay and the water.

The most recent images from Thursday, show the structure covering almost the entire quay.

The researchers say the structure is now about 100 meters long, which is much longer than what is used to build North Korea's conventional submarines.

They say Pyongyang may be preparing to launch a new submarine capable of carrying ballistic missiles.

The structure could be used for the maintenance and development of submarines, and drive the country's submarine-launched ballistic missile program.

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▲ 1. Satellite images suggest North Korea may be preparing to deploy a ballistic missile-capable submarine.


http://web.archive.org/web/20190922032919/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190920_10/
http://archive.is/f1Jw4

 

[Buddhistforlife]

Here is something for your immature mind to think about: There is no way NKR can defeat and take over SKR.

In your immaturity, you think that inflicting damages equals to defeat. You are wrong. But what else can we expect from someone who have never been in the military ?

If NKR attack SKR, especially with a nuclear strike, the US and JPN will respond. The NKRean military will be destroyed, not merely defeated. China will be facing a refugee crisis for which she has no appetite. China will be forced to divert all her attention and resources in trying to contain that refugee crisis. Her economy will be strained.

The funny part is that China will not fight the US but will turn against NKR. The stability between the two Koreas have benefited China in intangible but measurable ways. If NKR can serve as a geopolitical buffer between the US and China, then it is best if NKR is a stable and controlled country to be that buffer zone.

That is what the average NKRean trooper look like compares to his SKRean and US counterparts. That fight is not going to last very long.

This North Korean soldier may not be an adult but a child soldier. North Korea uses child soldiers, as far as I know.