Photos of the Hwasong-15 released Thursday by North Korean state media showed a large, tall missile that appears to be significantly wider than the Hwasong-14, previously Pyongyang's most-advanced missile, which was launched over Japan twice in July. It's really big"This isn't just a big missile for North Korea this is a big missile in general," Michael Duitsman, also research associate at CNS, told CNN. Photos released by North Korean state media show Wednesday's launch of the Hwasong-15 ICBM. Experts agreed the Hwasong-15 appears to be larger than any missile North Korea has built previously. "Gimbaling is something we've never seen in North Korea before, (if we're right) then this would be brand spanking new for North Korea," he said.

Source: CNN November 30, 2017 04:15 UTC