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Solid Fuel, Canisters, ICBMs, and Tracked TELs: What North Korea Is up to With Its Missiles

Melissa Hanham explains why what North Korea showed off at its latest military parade really matters.

By Ankit Panda
April 18, 2017
Solid Fuel, Canisters, ICBMs, and Tracked TELs: What North Korea Is up to With Its Missiles
Credit: KCTV screen capture

Melissa Hanham (@mhanham), a senior research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey joins The Diplomat‘s Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) to discuss the latest developments in North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs. The episode focuses heavily on missile systems and configurations displayed at North Korea’s April 15, 2017, military parade.

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