North Korea's Pongae-5 anti-air missile: What do we know?



Analysis North Korea’s Pongae-5 anti-air missile: What do we know? Overshadowed by a missile test, the introduction of potent new air defense system is a significant domestic achievement Joost Oliemans \| Stijn Mitzer June 2, 2017 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON KCNA In a month filled with missile tests that are certain to have a profound impact on the strategic balance of the Korean peninsula, Kim Jong Un attended what is claimed to be the final testing of an advanced new air defence system that is now ready to enter full-scale production and service with the Korean People’s Army Air and Anti-Air Defence Forces. The new design, which is heavily based on the infamous Russian S-300PMU Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) system, appears to have been produced almost entirely indigenously, despite the hard to master technologies it utilizes.[/p 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 01New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads 02How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins 03What to make of the stunning collapse in value of North Korean won 04What to know about Kim Yong Bok, the man leading North Korean troops in Russia 05If Trump: How erratic leader’s reelection could scramble North Korea policy 06North Korea’s admission of drone incursion exposes glaring gaps in air defenses 07The war in Ukraine is transforming how Europe perceives North Korean threats 08What North Korea stands to gain by sending troops to fight in Ukraine 09Satellite imagery shows DPRK laid explosives at edge of MDL to destroy roads 10Deciphering the return of No Kwang Chol as North Korea’s minister of defense

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North Korea’s Pongae-5 anti-air missile: What do we know?

Overshadowed by a missile test, the introduction of potent new air defense system is a significant domestic achievement

Joost Oliemans | Stijn Mitzer June 2, 2017

North Korea’s Pongae-5 anti-air missile: What do we know?

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In a month filled with missile tests that are certain to have a profound impact on the strategic balance of the Korean peninsula, Kim Jong Un attended what is claimed to be the final testing of an advanced new air defence system that is now ready to enter full-scale production and service with the Korean People’s Army Air and Anti-Air Defence Forces.

The new design, which is heavily based on the infamous Russian S-300PMU Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) system, appears to have been produced almost entirely indigenously, despite the hard to master technologies it utilizes.[/p

01New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads
02How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins
03What to make of the stunning collapse in value of North Korean won
04What to know about Kim Yong Bok, the man leading North Korean troops in Russia
05If Trump: How erratic leader’s reelection could scramble North Korea policy
06North Korea’s admission of drone incursion exposes glaring gaps in air defenses
07The war in Ukraine is transforming how Europe perceives North Korean threats
08What North Korea stands to gain by sending troops to fight in Ukraine
09Satellite imagery shows DPRK laid explosives at edge of MDL to destroy roads
10Deciphering the return of No Kwang Chol as North Korea’s minister of defense

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