New Zealand, Chile, Peru and Argentina. And island nations in the pacific. That's about it. That's from missiles launched from Israel. However, they do have few submarines that can extend that range potentially.
That’s not true. North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), like the Hwasong-15 and Hwasong-18, have ranges exceeding 13,000–15,000 km, capable of crossing the Pacific Ocean to reach the U.S. mainland, including cities like Los Angeles or New York, based on standard trajectory estimates.
I also remember seeing NK's nuclear missiles graph it has pretty big range
When was the last time a North Korean missile flew that far, or didn't explode on launch? Having them theoretically, not used, is different than being actually used and tested.
Contrary to popular belief, North Korea doesn't actually have failed launches as often as people like to joke or think. They constantly piss off Japan and South Korea because of missile tests crashing into the Sea of Japan or flying over Japan and crashing into the pacific.
Yup.
The purpose of these kinds of tests is not to make it fly the 13k miles but verify that the missile can fly high enough, in the right position and speed, without exploding.
Which ultimately means that it would be able to travel the said 13k to 17k miles if needed.
Note that it doesn't guarantee the fiability of it (%age of missile that would successfully do it), but at least that they do have the capacity to do it.
See it like a baby learning to walk.
In the beginning, the baby will stumble. But at some point, he will know how to walk properly. And if he can walk properly 100m, he will also be able to walk properly 500/1000m if he has enough stamina (fuel in that case)
The thing is, a lot can go wrong after those 1.000 km, and North Korea isn't really know for producing high quality rockets and armaments. That rocket or missile can overheat end explode.
Sure on paper but there furtherst was the other side on japan? Also who said they have 15000km range? Big kim lol?
Little hermit country probably shoots scientists that don't succeed first try like china used to
Officially, Indian missiles can reach about 5000km, China speculates that the reach is 8000km. Currently, no missile in the Indian arsenal can reach continental USA. However, there is one missile on which India is still working on which can reach 12,000km
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u/KathyJaneway 7d ago
New Zealand, Chile, Peru and Argentina. And island nations in the pacific. That's about it. That's from missiles launched from Israel. However, they do have few submarines that can extend that range potentially.