North Korea Tests New High Thrust Rocket Engine
North Korea has conducted a successful ground jet test of a new high performance rocket engine at Sohae Satellite Launching Ground
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| 19/03/2017
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North Korea has tested a new high-performance rocket engine, the country's state media said Sunday. Overseeing the test, leader Kim Jong-Un "emphasised that the whole world will soon witness what eventful significance the great victory won today carries", the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported, hinting that the North is preparing to launch a new satellite rocket.
"The development and completion of a new-type high-thrust engine would help consolidate the scientific and technological foundation to match the world-level satellite delivery capability in the field of outer space development, he noted", KCNA said.
The rocket engine tested Saturday was developed by the North’s Academy of the National Defense Science and marked the start of a “Juche-based rocket industry,” KCNA report said, alluding to the North Korean concept of “self-reliance.” It was developed without “dependence on the technology of other countries,” KCNA said.
The rocket engine that North Korea tested appeared to be powered with liquid fuel, according to Melissa Hanham, an expert at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, rather than the solid fuel the regime’s engineers have been working on recently. Liquid fuel rockets are much easier to spot with satellites because they require more outdoor preparation, reports The Washington Post.
The Korean Central News Agency said the test took place at the same northwest facility where the country has been launching rockets to put satellites into orbit, which Western officials have said were efforts to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Although North Korea has never flight-tested an intercontinental ballistic missile, it has recently demonstrated significant progress in its missile programs with new engines that could potentially deliver a nuclear warhead as far away as the United States, adds the New York Times.
North Korea has conducted a successful ground jet test of a new high performance rocket engine at Sohae Satellite Launching Ground
North Korea has tested a new high-performance rocket engine, the country's state media said Sunday. Overseeing the test, leader Kim Jong-Un "emphasised that the whole world will soon witness what eventful significance the great victory won today carries", the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported, hinting that the North is preparing to launch a new satellite rocket.
"The development and completion of a new-type high-thrust engine would help consolidate the scientific and technological foundation to match the world-level satellite delivery capability in the field of outer space development, he noted", KCNA said.
The rocket engine tested Saturday was developed by the North’s Academy of the National Defense Science and marked the start of a “Juche-based rocket industry,” KCNA report said, alluding to the North Korean concept of “self-reliance.” It was developed without “dependence on the technology of other countries,” KCNA said.
The rocket engine that North Korea tested appeared to be powered with liquid fuel, according to Melissa Hanham, an expert at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, rather than the solid fuel the regime’s engineers have been working on recently. Liquid fuel rockets are much easier to spot with satellites because they require more outdoor preparation, reports The Washington Post.
The Korean Central News Agency said the test took place at the same northwest facility where the country has been launching rockets to put satellites into orbit, which Western officials have said were efforts to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Although North Korea has never flight-tested an intercontinental ballistic missile, it has recently demonstrated significant progress in its missile programs with new engines that could potentially deliver a nuclear warhead as far away as the United States, adds the New York Times.
