South Korea: North Korea Rocket Can Reach Distance 10,000 Km

                            

SEOUL, KOMPAS.com - South Korea's Defense Ministry on Sunday (23/12/2012), said the ballistic missiles that North Korea recently launched capable of carrying warheads weighing half a ton and can achieving goals as far as 10,000 kilometers.

Estimated Kemenhan South Korea is based on the oxygen container extracted from the first level of the rocket that fell in the Yellow Sea shortly after launch. Container that contains liquid nitric acid as a fuel booster rockets on the first level.

"Based on our estimates and simulation, North Korean missiles can reach a distance of 10,000 kilometers with the head of 500-600 pounds," said an official Kemenhan South.

Without the second and third pieces of the rocket to be analyzed, the experts could not determine whether the North Korean rocket has the capability of re-entry , which is a technology element intercontinental missile (ICBM).

The success of the North Korean rocket launch was considered to be a step forward for the isolated country although the experts still disagree about the ability of North Korea's ballistic missile that.

fragments collected from rockets South Korea, the experts concluded that the rocket is made from a mixture of aluminum and magnesium with eight panels to be joined manually.

"rough welding, done manually," the South Korean Kemenhan .

"oxidizing Containers used to store toxic chemicals are rarely used state space technology is more advanced."

South Korean navy later found a number of pieces of rockets again from the Yellow Sea, which is a tank of fuel and the combustion chamber. Similarly, the South Korean news agency, Yonhap .