Yesterday (Wednesday), North Korea conducted a missile launch experiment with a Hypersonian PA. This is a missile Introduced during the month of October 2021 At an exhibition in Pyongyang. According to oneearthfuture analysis, this is a missile capable of flying at Mach 5 speed. This is a second hypersonic experiment. The previous one was carried out in September 2021, with a different type of PA.
North Korea, once again, proves that what it presents in an exhibition to the whole world, is subsequently operationally experienced. In this case, the Hypersonic missile test signals to Japan and South Korea that local or American air defense systems will not necessarily help.
In another way, Pyongyang is maintaining its deterrence in the face of US cooperation with Tokyo and Seoul.
Facing developments in Pyongyang, Tokyo is not sitting still. According to an asia.nikkei publication, Japan plans to develop a magnetic cannon for protection against hypersonic missiles. “The Japanese Ministry of Defense will develop means to intercept hostile missiles using magnetically powerful shells,” Nikkei Asia sources said as the nation rushed to respond to the Hypersonic weapons developed by China, North Korea and Russia, “the publication said.
About 6.5 billion yen (around $ 56 million) was allocated to the project in the government budget proposal for 2022. The Japanese Ministry of Defense has previously allocated one billion yen (about $ 8.64 million) for technology in the 2016 supplementary budget, and built a prototype. The target is a weapon capable of firing a bullet at a speed of 2,000 meters per second or more, about Mach 6.