Debris Presumed to Be from North Korean Missile Recovered in Donghae Differs from New SRBM Model

Solid-propellant vs. Liquid-propellant
Differences from Existing Skud Series
Military to Release Analysis Results on the 9th Morning

On the morning of the 2nd, citizens at Seoul Station are watching news related to North Korea's ballistic missile launch. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hee-jun] An analysis of debris presumed to be from a missile fired by North Korea south of the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the East Sea on the 2nd revealed that it was identified as a liquid-propellant missile different from North Korea's new short-range ballistic missile (SRBM).

According to military sources on the 9th, the debris presumed to be from a North Korean missile, recovered by the Navy in the East Sea on the 6th, was analyzed as the lower part of a liquid-fueled missile.

Earlier, on the 2nd, when North Korea's missile landed near the NLL south side, within South Korean territorial waters, the military conducted a search operation in the nearby waters and recovered an object presumed to be debris. The recovered debris was analyzed by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) as the lower section of a liquid-propellant missile.

North Korea's recently operational KN-series SRBMs use solid fuel propulsion. At the time of the missile launch in question, the missile's altitude rose much higher than North Korea's solid-fueled missiles, leading to speculation that a liquid-propellant missile from the Scud series might have been launched.

Although the recovered missile debris is known to be different from a Scud missile, it is presumed not to be a new advanced weapon replacing the existing solid-fueled missiles.

The military plans to disclose the analysis results of the recovered debris on the morning of the same day.

Previously, on the morning of the 2nd at 8:51 a.m., North Korea fired three SRBMs from the Wonsan area in Gangwon Province toward the East Sea. Among them, one missile landed 26 km south of the NLL, 57 km east of Sokcho, and 167 km northwest of Ulleungdo. This was the first time since the division of Korea that a North Korean missile fell south of the NLL. Because the missile was heading toward Ulleungdo, an unprecedented air raid alert was issued throughout Ulleung County at that time.

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