North Korea’s ICBM cover-up isn’t first time country has tried to hide failures



Analysis North Korea’s ICBM cover-up isn’t first time country has tried to hide failures Attempt to market failed long-range missile test as success follows similar efforts for smaller missile in 2016 Martin Weiser April 4, 2022 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left, in black) walks next to an intercontinental ballistic missile North Korea says it launched on March 24, 2022 \| Image: Rodong Sinmun, March 25, 2022 South Korean, U.S. and other intelligence communities appear confident that North Korea lied about its latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch on March 24. State media footage of what the DPRK said was its most powerful missile ever tested, a Hwasong-17 ICBM, doesn’t match weather patterns, timing and other characteristics from March 24, suggesting Pyongyang is trying to pass off footage of a failed missile launch from March 16 as being from March 24. The missile fired on March 16 exploded in the skies over Pyongyang in full view of people on the ground, and it appears that leader Kim Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01How Assad’s downfall could expose secrets of North Korea-Syria military ties 02All the companies that participated in the Pyongyang Autumn Trade Fair 2024 03No Chinese firms joined North Korea’s latest trade fair dominated by Russia 04What defectors’ exam scores reveal about the quality of North Korean health care 05North Korean Il-76 cargo planes make rare flights to northeast coast 06From aid to academia: The status of foreign organizations in North Korea 07North Korea expanding rail access to airport near Wonsan mega resort: Imagery 08Assad’s fall deprives North Korea of a fellow pariah, but its focus is elsewhere

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North Korea’s ICBM cover-up isn’t first time country has tried to hide failures

Attempt to market failed long-range missile test as success follows similar efforts for smaller missile in 2016

Martin Weiser April 4, 2022

North Korea’s ICBM cover-up isn’t first time country has tried to hide failures

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left, in black) walks next to an intercontinental ballistic missile North Korea says it launched on March 24, 2022 | Image: Rodong Sinmun, March 25, 2022

South Korean, U.S. and other intelligence communities appear confident that North Korea lied about its latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch on March 24. State media footage of what the DPRK said was its most powerful missile ever tested, a Hwasong-17 ICBM, doesn’t match weather patterns, timing and other characteristics from March 24, suggesting Pyongyang is trying to pass off footage of a failed missile launch from March 16 as being from March 24.

The missile fired on March 16 exploded in the skies over Pyongyang in full view of people on the ground, and it appears that leader Kim

North Korea’s ICBM cover-up isn’t first time country has tried to hide failures

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