Global Counterspace Capabilities:
An Open Source Assessment
Secure World Foundation
April 2020
The following excerpts from the report summarize North Korea’s counterspace strategy and its launch vehicle and satellite programs.
NORTH KOREA
North Korea has no demonstrated capability to mount kinetic attacks on U.S. space assets: neither a direct ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) nor a co-orbital system. In its official statements, North Korea has never mentioned anti-satellite operations or intent, suggesting that there is no clear doctrine in Pyongyang’s thinking at this point.
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