30 April 2021

North Korea expected to continue modernising and diversifying its missile force, says DIA chief

by Gabriel Dominguez

Despite international sanctions, North Korea will continue to modernise and increase the survivability, lethality, and diversification of its missile force, US Army Lieutenant General Scott Berrier, the director of the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), said on 29 April.

In a written statement to the US Senate Committee on Armed Services, the DIA chief assessed that Pyongyang will continue its “nuclear, missile, and military modernisation efforts” this year, shifting to solid-propellant missile systems that can be prepared for launch more rapidly than its existing liquid-propellant systems.

Despite international sanctions, North Korea will continue to modernise and increase the survivabili...

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