The Korea Herald:

North Korea experts are divided over the seriousness of the threat posed by the missiles revealed on Thursday, at North Korea’s latest military parade attended by leader Kim Jong-un.

North Korea showcased what appeared to be new ballistic missiles: a submarine-launched missile, the Pukguksong-5-siot, and a short-range missile akin to Russia’s Iskander, the KN-23. The Korean letter “siot” refers to it being sea-based, and the previous -fourth- version was displayed at a parade in October.

Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, in the U.S., told Voice of America that Pyongyang was not showing anything new.

“But the 5 looks like it has a longer payload section but looks like it’s basically the same. The same missile. So I think they’re messing around with the front end more than they are … I mean I know people keep saying these things are getting bigger and bigger and bigger, but I don’t see that yet.”

Lewis added that there were still uncertainties surrounding the new weapons, given that the regime has yet to unveil a compatible submarine…

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