This is reported by The New York Times.

According to the publication, by next year the program will move from the prototype to the assembly line.

And, potentially this can happen even before the US modernizes its national missile defense system.

In turn, this program demonstrates the amazing technical achievements of weapons scientists in the country, which is practically isolated from the international community.

By the way, North Korea will need about four years to develop a missile with a compact nuclear charge.

Also note that the realities of recent months have caused scouts to reconsider their estimates.

In particular, Pyongyang's missile test, during which the missile delivered a warhead to more than 2.7 thousand kilometers into space and returned it to Earth at high speed along the trajectory of an acute parabola.

Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform", in North Korea is planned a missile test, which is likely to happen this week. It is assumed that North Korea may timed launch of the missile for the holiday in honor of the end of the Korean War, which is celebrated annually on July 27.