The arrival of North Korea's Hwasong-18 ICBM for Iran makes Trump insists ceasefire, says analyst
An Australian political analyst said while hopes are rising for a two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan, Iran has just received 500 Hwasong-18 ICBMs from North Korea. According to Prof Dr Murray Hunter, it is claimed the Hwasong-18 ICBM, a solid fueled three stage intercontinental ballistic missile has the range of 15,000 kms with a warhead payload of 1,000-1,500 Kgs. This is an ICBM large enough to reach the United States from an altitude of 6,648 km. The Hwasong-18 has been designed for a single nuclear warhead. The ICBM has been well tested in North Korea so is potentially fully operational. "This changes all US military calculations that continental United States is safe during a war with Iran," he said. "Until this morning (yesterday, Wednesday 8 April), US President Donald Trump had been talking about eliminating the whole Persian culture off the Earth in a manner that it could not return. Trump was hinting at a nuclear option against Iran. "With the latest ...