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Hood said:
The absence of anything in this thread other than photos of tinkered with Il-10s and MiG-17s from 50 years ago suggests that this thread is never going to give us a rich crop of North Korean indigenous aircraft.
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Several months after this thread was made North Korea tested cruise missile with range of 1500 kilometers in September of 2021.

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During late January of 2022 there was test of even longer range cruise missile by North Korea with range of 1800 kilometers.

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That is more than enough to cover both Japan and Taiwan in their entirety.

Longer range than Iranian Hoveyzeh with 1200km range demonstrated and South's Hyunmoo-3C with estimated 1500km range.

There is expectation that sooner or later technology from this cruise missile may be used on unmanned reconnaissance aircrafts.
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2시간 이상 비행한 北 순항미사일…무인기 응용 우려

[서울=뉴시스] 박대로 기자 = 북한이 장거리 순항미사일을 2시간 이상 비행시키는 데 성공했다고 밝힌 가운데 이 기술이 향후 무인기 개발에 적용될 수 있다는 우려가 제기된다
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September 2021 model

www.38north.org

Initial Analysis of North Korea’s “New Type Long-Range Cruise Missile” - 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea

On September 13, North Korea released a statement reporting successful flight tests on September 11 and 12 of “new type…
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www.iiss.org

North Korea’s cruise-missile challenge

North Korea appears to be close to adding a cruise missile to its almost exclusively ballistic missile inventory. While many technical details remain unknown, the development nonetheless asks important questions of North Korea’s neighbours and non-proliferation mechanisms alike, explain Joseph...
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1438934262779047940
View: https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/status/1438934262779047940


January 2022 model
https://twitter.com/x/status/1486881697786388480
View: https://twitter.com/nktpnd/status/1486881697786388480
 
Yesterday, North Korea has done another test of long range land attack cruise missile.
Stated range of two LACM is around 2000 kilometers and flight time of 170 minutes.
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en.yna.co.kr

(LEAD) N. Korean leader inspects long-range cruise missile launches by 'tactical nuke' units | Yonhap News Agency

(ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES with more info throughout; ADDS photo, byline)By Yi Wonju...
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news.yahoo.com

North Korea test-fires long-range strategic cruise missiles: state media

North Korea has test-fired a pair of long-range strategic cruise missiles, with leader Kim Jong Un hailing another successful display of the country's tactical nuclear strike capability, state media reported Thursday.
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South Korea confirms it happened if anyone doubted this...
www.koreaherald.com

N.Korea test-fires nuclear-capable cruise missiles in ‘warning to enemies’

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Wednesday supervised the test-firing of “long-range strategic cruise missiles” that can carry tactical nuclear weapons, while urging the country to prioritize the expeditious development of nuclear combat forces, the state media reported on Thursday. The...
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North Korea conducted a strike exercise by launching four cruise missiles.
Range of 2000 kilometers and disclosed name as Hwasal-2(ENG: Arrow-2)

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The white colored one has a rectangular air intake, long intake duct, higher mounted wings....

The black colored one has a round air intake, and mid mounted wings....
 
I am curious as to where they are getting small turbine engines from
 
Building a small, single use cruise missile engine should be well within NK industrial capabilities IMHO.
 
zjz said:
The white colored one has a rectangular air intake, long intake duct, higher mounted wings....

The black colored one has a round air intake, and mid mounted wings....
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White one also has longer wings than black one.
quellish said:
I am curious as to where they are getting small turbine engines from
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From whom? They are producing them.
kaiserbill said:
Building a small, single use cruise missile engine should be well within NK industrial capabilities IMHO.
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Russia exported TRDD-50/36MT miniature two-spool low-medium bypass turbofan powered Kh-35 to North Korea in 2005.
Likely reverse engineered or an example to analyze and gain knowledge for miniature turbofan design principle.
Iran for example reverse engineered Microturbo Tri-60 series and then developed derivative turbojet engines.
 
It's impressive how quickly cruise missiles are proliferating, Iran and North Korea how have Tomahawk equivalents.
 
North Korea's cruise missile turbofan engine

We can see the distinctive external bypass shrink section, which is very close to the characteristics of the 36MT turbofan.

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According to the report, the main problem with engine production seems to be material production capacity and quality (not sure).
 
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KUMA said:
North Korea's cruise missile turbofan engine

We can see the distinctive external bypass shrink section, which is very close to the characteristics of the 36MT turbofan.

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According to the report, the main problem with engine production seems to be material production capacity and quality (not sure).
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Considering dozens of LACM tested at 1500-2000 kilometers, good enough quality.

36MT aka TRDD-50 at most can do 10 hours.
 

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