If we measure the ENTIRE length of the first stage, it is now 10.02 m or 38.09 cubic meters. (Again assuming Ted's 2.2 m diameter is correct, which it definitely isn’t.) The first stage of Ted’s Hwasong-18 is now … 74 percent larger by volume than the Topol-M.

We talk about the comparison briefly in the report so I'll breeze through it here: Russian ICBM systems align the missile via a reference gyrocompass in a box mounted to the side of the missile canister. The Hwasong-18 has no such equipment.

Ted says the Hwasong-18 is the Topol-M. So let’s start with some facts. The first stage of the Topol-M (RS-12M) is 1.86 m in diameter and 8.04 meters long. Russia had to declare this data under the START Treaty.

Ted says the Hwasong-18 is 2.2 m in diameter. That’s much bigger than the Topol-M at 1.86 m. Ted is wrong about the diameter of the Hwasong-18, but more important: Ted does not understand the implication of his diameter for his own argument.

I cannot stress this last point enough.

Every celebrity has a lookalike in foreign media no.722: North Korean Pipes out off of Ghostwatch

(Important context in ALT)

KJU and daughter inspecting the Chollima-1 rocket at Sohae, I think for the May or Aug 2023 failed launch since Kim is in a t-shirt and seems like it's the NADA logo on the fairing instead of NATA as we saw in Nov 2023

Meanwhile North Korea keeps sending military equipment to Russia. bsky.app/profile/noel...