Top 5 Most Powerful Weapons of The North Korean Military

• Hashim Sheikh
• . May 29, 2022
• . Update: May 28, 2022 11:52 pm
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North Korea possesses huge numbers of artillery guns, anti-aircraft weapons, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and a million-strong army. Today, we’ll look at the most powerful weapons in North Korea’s arsenal. We will explore the Top 5 North Korean military weapons that are likely to be deployed in a future confrontation due to their potency and utility in this article.

Let’s go through the top 5 most powerful weapons of the North Korean military!

1. KN-08 Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
   The North Korean objective has always been to manufacture a weapons system that can target the United States, and with the KN-08, they may have achieved that goal. It will elevate North Korea to a privileged group of states having ICBM technology, with the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, France, and India.
2. Sinpo-class submarine with Pukkuksong-1 SLBM
   The Pukkuksong is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) with solid fuel that can be fired from the Sinpo class submarine. A single missile is installed in the submarine’s sail and fired using compressed air. Its range is estimated to be between 500 and 2500 kilometers.
3. KN-06 Pongae-5 Surface to Air Missile
   The KN-06 is a long-range surface-to-air missile that was tested for the first time in 2011. It has an external appearance comparable to the Russian S300 air defense system, although the missiles are shorter. The North Korean military’s sophisticated air defense systems make them a country that would be difficult to attack without causing considerable deaths.
4. Nodong Medium Range Ballistic Missile
   Medium-range ballistic missiles are North Korea’s most effective means of striking targets in the south. The Nodong is a modified and upgraded Scud missile with a range of 1500 kilometers. South Korean Patriot air defense systems have a hard time intercepting the missile.
5. Pokpung-Ho III MBT
   The North Korean army’s armored battle unit is led by the Pokpung-Ho. It is based on the T-62 and T-72 tanks and has a 125 mm smoothbore cannon. It was developed in the 1990s. With an infrared sensor, laser rangefinder, and searchlight, the latest variant of this tank has strong night-fighting capabilities.

To Conclude
The weapons systems we’ve reviewed in this essay are all indigenous and capable of delivering a strong power. Despite fiscal and technological constraints, the North Korean military is a considerable threat to anyone attempting to confront them.