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Re:North Korean ICBM launch detected using GPS by jasonwatkinspdx on Sunday November 27, 2022 @10:32AM (#33763554)
NK has a working ICBM with a nuclear warhead today. It's already done. The time to stop it was back in the 90s.
Re:North Korean ICBM launch detected using GPS by rich_sasha on Sunday November 27, 2022 @01:53PM (#33765478)
Do we know they can make warheads small enough to fit on ICBMs? I always understood that is quite difficult.

AFAICT we know they have blown up stationary nukes and shot out inert ballistic missiles.

Re:North Korean ICBM launch detected using GPS by bismuthcrystal on Sunday November 27, 2022 @03:16PM (#33766380)
Lets speculate a little bit for argument sake. Take this with a grain of salt because I am not a specialist, just a information hoarder.

Lets put miniaturization aside and focus on another aspects, which i judge will be more critical.

The warhead must survive mechanical stress of launch and reentry, and thermal stress at reentry. The question is: can it be designed only with computers and public knowledge? They could build small hypersonic wind tunnel to collect data and simulate the rest.

Re:North Korean ICBM launch detected using GPS by FpUser on Sunday November 27, 2022 @03:31PM (#33766596)
They might ask Russia for help