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In a segment of Voice of America Korean Service's Washington Talks, Melissa Hanham, Deputy Director of OEF's Open Nuclear Network programme provides expert insight into North Korea's nuclear capability and other current events on the Korean Peninsula.

North Korea’s recent missile launch tests have nuclear weapons experts around the world on watch and weighing in on the tension unfolding across the Korean Peninsula.

Based on the limited information available, the projectiles appear to be the KN-24 - a solid-fuel, short-range ballistic missile - or a multiple rocket launch system, said Melissa Hanham, a weapons expert and Deputy Director of Open Nuclear Network.

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“If you launch one or many of these at South Korea, you have between seconds and minutes to decide if this is a conventional attack, a nuclear attack or some other WMD payload,” said Melissa Hanham, deputy director of the Open Nuclear Network, a weapons expert specializing in the analysis of satelli...

"I believe U.S. President Donald Trump and [North Korean] Chairman Kim Jong Un share the need for a win on this," said Laura Rockwood, who worked for the IAEA for 28 years in several high-level positions and currently serves as the Director of Open Nuclear Network.

"We haven't seen any activity which would indicate that there's an impending test," said Melissa Hanham, an expert on open-source intelligence and director of the Datayo Project at the One Earth Future Foundation.

The weapon was likely a short-range rocket system, or something that was ground tested, said Melissa Hanham, a non-proliferation expert and Director of Open nuclear Network’s Datayo Project.

"These tests help improve their solid-fuel motors and not only is it good for their short-range systems, it would likely make their long-range missiles quicker and more powerful," said Melissa Hanham, a weapons expert and Deputy Director of Open Nuclear Network.

"If you launch one or many of these at South Korea, you have between seconds and minutes to decide if this is a conventional attack, a nuclear attack or some other WMD payload," said Melissa Hanham, Deputy Director of Open Nuclear Network and a weapons expert specializing in the analysis of satellit...

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"I hope this will at minimum reacquaint the substantive negotiators with their counterparts and perhaps lead to some actionable leads," says Melissa Hanham, a weapons expert and Deputy Director at Open Nuclear Network.

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