'With a silo, you can quickly fire a missile, almost immediately,' said Yang Uk, a fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul.
State media called Sunday's launch of the solid-fuelled KN-23, a short-range ballistic missile , the latest in the isolated country's recent series of missile tests, an element of drills simulating a nuclear counterattack against the U.S. and South Korea.
"With a silo, you can quickly fire a missile, almost immediately," said Yang Uk, a fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul."And without launch preparations being detected in advance, you can just press a button." North Korea typically relies on mobile launchers, but the country's lack of infrastructure could make launches from such trucks challenging, Yang said.
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