N. Korea claims MIRV missile test

North Korea claims it has successfully tested a multiple-warhead missile in the first known launch of a developmental weapon coveted by leader Kim Jong-un to overwhelm U.S. missile defences

Jun 26: Missile flies 170 to 200km. Warheads guided to three targets

CHINA
North Korea
Seoul
SOUTH KOREA
Sea of Japan (East Sea)
Pyongyang
JAPAN
300km 200 miles


Missile used for MIRV test features nose cone resembling that of Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

Multiple Independently-targetable Reentry Vehicle: North Korea claims MIRV carried three warheads plus additional decoy warhead

Warhead 

Contact sensor
Aiming, fusing section
Nuclear charge


Hwasong-17 is launched from Transporter Erector Launcher (TEL)


Sources: Associated Press, Korea Times, NK News 
Picture: Korean Central News Agency 
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