NK ICBMs are powered by RD-250 Russian clone engines with a 90 ton mark.
Yes i know. I was referring to north korean pukguksong-1 and 2 missiles which are SRBMs.
By the way the thrust of RD-250 is around the 80 ton mark.
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NK ICBMs are powered by RD-250 Russian clone engines with a 90 ton mark.
If true then why would the north koreans invest in testing/production infrastructure for solid fuel missles? They could just import ready built missiles/components from iran...
I would not be surprised if NK had been working on its pukguksong-1/pukguksong 2 SLBM/SRBM for a long time secretly and because of the fast pace of NK missile testing in recent years it just seems to us outsiders to be a "unnatural leap".
For measure indian SLV of 80s had 9 ton solid motor as first stage and that was developed at a time when india had no prior experience with large solid motors so it is not out of the realm of possibility that NK managed to pull off a similar feat with these new solid fuel missiles of theirs.
At least they are smart now and doing engine tests far away in crater on a mountain range. If the engine explodes it will not jeopardize anything around it.
Plus how is 2016 & 2017 considered “recent”. 2-3 years is a considerable amount of time.
It’s clear these programs are after the Supreme Leader is gone. IRGC military plans are on the basis of 10, 25, and 50 years.
This 2000KM limit is a political limit that will be broken by IRGC when the time is right.
Though don’t expect to see mass produced ICBMs. These missiles are to be the future of an Iranian nuclear deterrent.
Iran is waiting for Saudi Arabia or Turkey to go nuclear to provide that pretext.
well you are right as that missile is indeed Dezful missile with 1000 KM range . alot bigger then Zolfaghar missile.Interesting picture of one of the single missile fateh tels now with 4 axles just like the twin missile tel,probably to allow for the length increases in the zulfiqar and dezful.
The little wonder with the Dezful is that it has the almost the same size as the Zolfagar with the same explosive power against soft targets as the Zolfaghar.
The Zolfaghar in turn is also a little wonder, it's just 25-30% heavier than the Fatah series while having more than twice the range.
Dezful can achieve that via optimization and a FAE warhead.
@PeeD Are Dezful and Zolfaghar single or double stage missiles?
They have a separating "MaRV" which actually is not re-entering as it remains within the edge of the atmosphere. One can call it a hypersonic weapon if desired.
Interesting picture of one of the single missile fateh tels now with 4 axles just like the twin missile tel,probably to allow for the length increases in the zulfiqar and dezful.