Uh oh.

[link to www.strategypage.com]

North Korea Updates A Cold War Classic

Japanese intelligence believes that North Korea is close to putting into service their new RSM-25 (or Musudan) ballistic missile.

The North Korean version is believed to weigh 20 tons and have a range of over 3,000 kilometers. The Japanese believe the range of the North Korean missile may be as much as 4,000 kilometers. It is believed that the North Korean version, using solid fuel rockets, was tested successfully two years ago.

After the R-27 was replaced by more modern missiles in the 1970s, the missile continued to be used for scientific research until 1990. By that time, 492 R-27s had been launched, 87 percent of them successfully.


So let's see. 4000km range. Solid fueled. 87% success rate. 650kg payload.

Bad bad bad news. NKorea can nuke Japan and Guam... But not Hawaii... for now.