Chinese research team simulates US attack with North Korea’s Hwasong-15 missiles Found it takes just 33 minutes to reach the target.
Anyone who has been following the conflict between North Korea and the West will be familiar with it “Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)” The internationally banned weapon that Pyongyang has continued to develop. And the proof has appeared on the news page many times.
In the past, North Korea claimed The intercontinental ballistic missiles they are testing are It has a long firing range that can fire on the United States. in the other hemisphere, for example, a missileHwasong-15 (Hwasong-15) with a firing range of 8,500-13,000 km.
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Missiles with a range of more than 10,000 km could easily be aimed from North Korea at New York or Washington DC, but the situation has not been so serious. Let no one be able to confirm that specifically Are North Korea’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Performance Claims True?
Recently, a team of defense scientists from the Beijing Institute of Electronic Engineering which is a leading research institute in China’s aerospace defense industry. Conducted a simulated attack on the United States. with North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missiles using Hwaseong-15 as the main case study
they found A North Korean missile can hit the heart of the United States in 1,997 seconds, or about 33 minutes. If the US missile defense system can not be intercepted
The research team, led by Tang Yuyan, said the Hwasong-15 missile had been launched. This is a two-stage, nuclear-capable missile with a range of 13,000 km, “enough to reach all the cities of the United States.”
This study simulates the Suncheon attack. South Pyongan Province Central North Korea The target was the city of Columbia in Missouri. central United States
The study indicates that After the missile has been fired the US Missile Defense Command receives a notification about 20 seconds later, then the US will fire its first interceptor missiles within 11 minutes from Fort Greeley in Alaska. If failing that, another interceptor will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Tang Yuyan said that the simulation indicates that the current missile defense systems of the United States, despite their impressive strength, But there are gaps in the system. The “kill chain” in identifying and preventing attacks making it possible to exploit
The research team said the main purpose of this study was to assess whether the US missile defense system How well can you defend yourself?
They estimate that the US missile interception system can work effectively against conventional missiles such as the Hwasong-15 due to the degree to which multiple weapons are missed. making the US Army very Flexible when responding to different threats
“For example the Northern Command and Fort Greely Anti-missile fire control systems are installed, which act as a backup to each other … Some critical early warning detection systems have 2x or 4x coverage and several types of defensive weapons can be selected for interception. One obstacle,” Tang Yuyan Said, but added, however, these systems are not perfect.
From the research team’s modeling, they found that the US spy system Exists in space, sea and land, it can sometimes lose track of North Korean missiles. From the calculations, it was found that If North Korea fires a number of missiles with more than 40 warheads or decoys, the US missile defense system will be overwhelmed and may not detect it.
The research team also simulated a North Korean missile attack on Guam. which has a US military base It found that while the US could launch four interceptor missiles from military bases overseas such as Japan, some would miss if North Korea’s missiles used high-altitude orbits.
“Because North Korea is developing a hypersonic cruise missile that can redirect in the atmosphere, the United States currently lacks the capability to deal with such targets at near-space altitudes,” the research team said.
But they estimate that US missile defense capabilities could be greatly improved in the next few years.
Compiled from SCMP
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