DPRK missile train
After Donald Trump's failed attempt at brokering peace on the Korean peninsula, the DPRK (North Korea) resumed testing missiles in 2019. Initially most of them were relatively short-range types, which, in the context of ballistic missile means ranges of less than 1000 km.
In September of 2021, North Korea launched two KN-23 ballistic missiles from a train, which was a new development. In its propaganda, the DPRK always emphasises its mobile launchers, but most of them are wheeled road vehicles. Putting launchers on a train makes some sense, though. The DPRK has poor roads, but a fairly developed rail network.
The train consisted of an M62 locomotive, originally from the Soviet Union and two cars. The first is a regular Chinese P61 box car, the second looks externally similar but has extra doors and an opening roof for two missile launchers. You can see one of them erected in this picture, with one half of the roof opened.
DPRK missile train
After Donald Trump's failed attempt at brokering peace on the Korean peninsula, the DPRK (North Korea) resumed testing missiles in 2019. Initially most of them were relatively short-range types, which, in the context of ballistic missile means ranges of less than 1000 km.
In September of 2021, North Korea launched two KN-23 ballistic missiles from a train, which was a new development. In its propaganda, the DPRK always emphasises its mobile launchers, but most of them are wheeled road vehicles. Putting launchers on a train makes some sense, though. The DPRK has poor roads, but a fairly developed rail network.
The train consisted of an M62 locomotive, originally from the Soviet Union and two cars. The first is a regular Chinese P61 box car, the second looks externally similar but has extra doors and an opening roof for two missile launchers. You can see one of them erected in this picture, with one half of the roof opened.