North Korea Is Trying to Build Mobile ICBMs and Submarine Missiles

A North Korean intermediate-range ballistic missile Hwasong-12 is shown prior to launch from a vehicle. screenshot

North Korea’s military parades have inspired many laughs in the past among weapons experts. They have featured soldiers carrying World War II-era weapons, special forces troops with non-combat sunglasses, and mobile missiles with their warheads on crooked.

Yet the weapons programs of the communist regime aren’t as backward as some would imagine—and this is mainly due to weapons and technologies it has obtained from other nations, which have helped jump-start its nuclear programs.