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Jon Elson[_3_] Jon Elson[_3_] is offline
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Default How N. Korea suddenly had ICBMs that work

Ed Huntress wrote:


Kim Jong-Un doesn't need to buy old rockets from Ukraine. Rocket engine
schematic diagrams are readily available on the internet.

RS-25 schematic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_main_engine#/media/File:Ssme_schematic_(updated).svg

This appears to be a Space Shuttle (STS) main engine, a VERY sophisticated
piece of turbomachinery. I seriously doubt the North Koreans could make one
of these work in less than a decade. It stretched the capabilites of the US
to make them work, and were a continuing source of problems throughout the
program.

Jon