After the engine test the North Koreans said that the world would soon see its significance, this test, with the new engine configuration, which seems to be more unique to North Korea, outperformed its previous missile tests. David Schmerler More Quotes by David Schmerler More Quotes From David Schmerler Theyve been launching missiles out of Yemen using Houthi rebels as a test-bed for attacks against Saudi Arabia, so it would make sends for them to try and look into developing domestic ballistic missiles because they dont have that capability at the moment. David Schmerler world Saudi Arabia does not have any other large-scale solid fuel production facilities in the country, so this would be a significant leap forward for them. David Schmerler world This is the first successful test (of this type of missile) that we know of, one of the big takeaways is the missile's performance, which might give credit to their own design capability. It outperformed previous, copied missile designs, which means that their ballistic missile program is moving at an accelerating rate. David Schmerler world They only have a finite number of these transporter erector launchers (TELs), there is no evidence that they can manufacture them, and they don't want to burn through their trucks (during missile tests). David Schmerler world We saw similar antennae on the Musudan during its first successful test. David Schmerler world
