The new missile in North Korea’s arsenal, the Hwasong-12, made its first public appearance on the “Day of the Sun”, the April 15 military parade at Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang. Many theories were expounded on this missile: some thought it was another “fake” missile, others saw a new multistage rocket.

Photographic analysis proved that the missile is real in every sense, and that the missile is a single-stage, liquid propelled one. In an unprecedented move, the DPRK made a successful flight of the missile just one month after unveiling it, and the wealth of new