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Hwasong-20 ICBM/ What is known about North Korea's most powerful ballistic missile

2025-10-11 18:19:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Hwasong-20 ICBM/ What is known about North Korea's most powerful ballistic

North Korea unveiled its latest intercontinental ballistic missile and the most powerful of its kind in a military parade presided over by the country's leader Kim Jong Un, the country's state news agency (KCNA) reported.

The parade in the capital Pyongyang featured some of North Korea's most advanced weapons, including long-range strategic cruise missiles and drone launch vehicles, but special emphasis was placed on the Hwasong-20 ICBM, which the Korean Central News Agency described as the military's most powerful strategic nuclear weapons system.

Hwasong-20 ICBM/ What is known about North Korea's most powerful ballistic

Mounted on an 11-axle launch truck for its parade debut, the very existence of the massive Hwasong-20 missile was revealed as North Korea tested a new solid-fuel rocket engine it said was intended for a future generation of ICBMs.

State media said the engine, built with carbon fiber, is capable of producing 1,971 kilonewtons of thrust, a measure of propulsive force that is more powerful than North Korea's previous rocket engines.

"The Hwasong-20 represents, for now, the apotheosis of North Korea's ambitions for a long-range nuclear weapons delivery capability. We should expect to see the system tested before the end of this year," said Ankit Panda, a representative of the US-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Hwasong-20 ICBM/ What is known about North Korea's most powerful ballistic

The engine is manufactured using carbon fiber composite material. It also has about 40 percent more thrust than the Hwasong-18.

The missile's estimated range is 15,000 km or 9,300 miles, meaning it could theoretically reach all of the United States./CNA





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