{"id":97770,"date":"2026-04-11T12:21:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T06:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=97770"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:14:55","slug":"hwasong-11ga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hwasong-11ga\/","title":{"rendered":"Hwasong-11Ga"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Hwasong-11Ga Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea recently conducted a series of weapons tests including the launch of a Hwasong-11ga fitted with a cluster munition warhead. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Hwasong-11Ga<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hwasong-11Ga, known as the <\/span><b>KN-23<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the West, is a <\/span><b>short-range <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ballistic-missiles\/\" target=\"_blank\">ballistic missile<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was developed by North Korea.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Hwasong-11Ga <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>single-stage, solid-fuel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> missile<\/span><b> fitted with a cluster munition warhead.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is approximately 7.3 meters long with a diameter of 0.9 meters.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can carry a <\/span><b>nuclear, chemical, or conventional warhead <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">weighing around 500 kg.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a <\/span><b>range of 600-700 km <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a circular error probable (CEP) of 5 to 30 meters, the missile is notably accurate.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>What Makes Cluster Bombs the \u2018devil\u2019s weapon\u2019?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cluster munitions are widely considered among the most <\/span><b>controversial weapons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in modern warfare.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A<\/span><b> single missile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or bomb <\/span><b>releases dozens to hundreds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of<\/span><b> smaller submunitions in mid-air,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> dispersing them across a wide target area.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This characteristic has earned them the nickname <\/span><b>\u201cdevil\u2019s weapon\u201d due to their indiscriminate nature.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike conventional precision strikes, cluster bombs <\/span><b>do not distinguish between military and civilian targets. <\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Many submunitions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">fail to explode <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on impact, <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">remaining on the ground<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as unexploded ordnance, posing<\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> long-term threats to civilians.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/defence\/international\/north-koreas-cluster-bomb-missile-the-devils-weapon-that-can-wipe-out-10-football-fields\/articleshow\/130137604.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hwasong-11Ga is a short-range ballistic missile developed by North Korea. 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