solid-fuel Archives - 38 North

Third Successful Launch of North Korea’s Hwasong-18 Solid ICBM Probably Marks Operational Deployment

Vann H. Van Diepen

Dec 21, 2023

Military Affairs

North Korea launched a Hwasong (HS)-18 solid-propellant, road-mobile intercontinental ballistic …

Sohae Satellite Launching Station: Progress Continues Toward Kim’s Modernization and Expansion Plans

Peter Makowsky, Samantha J. Pitz and Jack Liu

Jun 27, 2023

Satellite Imagery, WMD

Since Kim Jong Un’s March 2022 visit to the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, several changes …

North Korea’s New Pukguksong-3 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile

Michael Elleman

Oct 3, 2019

WMD

On October 2, North Korea conducted an underwater launch of its new Pukguksong-3 …

Quick Takes: No Signs of Recent Tests at the Magunpo Engine Test Facility

Quick Takes: No Signs of Recent Tests at the Magunpo Engine Test Facility

Joseph S. Bermudez Jr.

Jan 19, 2018

Satellite Imagery

Commercial satellite imagery from January 10, 2018 shows no indications of any recent …