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    1. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 17h17 hours ago

      Full KCNA release on second “super-large” MLRS test.pic.twitter.com/bpA8wHVzAK

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    2. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 17h17 hours ago

      Kim’s been really into this soda/iced coffee beverage for his latest missile tests this year.pic.twitter.com/wN86kOxF59

      2 replies 5 retweets 12 likes
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    3. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 17h17 hours ago

      Renewed call to mass-produce: “He indicated immediate tasks and ways for putting the production of our style tactical guided weapons including super-large multiple rocket launcher on the highest level”

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    4. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 17h17 hours ago

      Not quite as evocative as Kim wading ashore to watch a missile test, but here he is in the unkempt field—an attempt to portray his ruggedness.pic.twitter.com/wbra6SuGqm

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    5. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 17h17 hours ago

      Ankit Panda Retweeted Ankit Panda

      In the release, Kim Yo Jong’s name appears second after the KPA general staff head General Pak Jong Chon.https://twitter.com/nktpnd/status/1171534627304927235 …

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      Ankit PandaVerified account @nktpnd
      First images. 600 mm MLRS indeed. Kim Yo Jong is back and observing again, suggesting her role in military affairs is growing. We have what appears to be a wheeled TEL off-road. #NorthKorea pic.twitter.com/Lqb9UJbIZK
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    6. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 17h17 hours ago

      Uncensored cell phone again. Same case as earlier this summer.pic.twitter.com/4ocMLTNRMj

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    7. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 17h17 hours ago

      More pictures of the latest 600 mm “super-large” MLRS test.pic.twitter.com/6KQickJzaR

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    8. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 17h17 hours ago

      Three released in high resolution here, including the shot of the aft end of the canisters. Useful for mensuration.pic.twitter.com/g7OnqYfN3f

      Jeffrey Lewis, Hans Kristensen, Melissa Hanham and 4 others
      1. Jeffrey Lewis @ArmsControlWonk

      2. Hans Kristensen @nukestrat

      3. Melissa Hanham @mhanham

      4. Dave Schmerler @DaveSchmerler

      5. Grace Liu @grace_c_liu

      6. Adam Mount @ajmount

      7. Nathan J Hunt @ISNJH

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    9. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 17h17 hours ago

      Detail.pic.twitter.com/gvCqGIWcJr

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    10. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 17h17 hours ago

      Hydraulic pressure gauge?pic.twitter.com/QJiXsYpzzu

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      Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 17h17 hours ago

      As others have suggested, could also be an angle gauger/Inclinometer.

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        1. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 17h17 hours ago

          No high res of this shot sadly. Won't get a clean look at the trajectory representation on Kim's map.pic.twitter.com/ZtZUMS7xIQ

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        2. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 16h16 hours ago

          Ankit Panda Retweeted Ankit Panda

          Checked this and looks like the plan is to do a volley/ripple fire test at some point (exhaust all launch tubes in rapid succession).https://twitter.com/nktpnd/status/1171533141682425859 …

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          Ankit PandaVerified account @nktpnd
          Will wait to see the Korean on this, but I wonder if this is a reference to a shoot-and-scoot operational test (“running”). https://twitter.com/joshjonsmith/status/1171531624086818816 …
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        3. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 16h16 hours ago

          Ankit Panda Retweeted Sam Meyer

          Helpful.https://twitter.com/Ranger_Smeyer/status/1171546209862873088 …

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          Sam Meyer @Ranger_Smeyer
          Replying to @nktpnd
          image on KCNA is 300 dpi, a bit better pic.twitter.com/q6y2qr3rdP
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        4. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 16h16 hours ago

          Ankit Panda Retweeted Michael Duitsman

          I was just wondering about this from the shot of the back-end of the canisters. So did the South Koreans miss one of the missiles or did something go wrong?https://twitter.com/DuitsyWasHere/status/1171542800963235840 …

          Ankit Panda added,

          Michael Duitsman @DuitsyWasHere
          Here is something interesting. It looks like North Korea actually fired three rockets in the most recent test. In the first picture, the first rocket is being launched,…
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        5. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 16h16 hours ago

          Ankit Panda Retweeted Josh Smith

          Hm.https://twitter.com/joshjonsmith/status/1171547153954725888 …

          Ankit Panda added,

          Josh SmithVerified account @joshjonsmith
          Replying to @nktpnd
          Yonhap is citing South Korean sources saying that one of the rockets may have landed inland
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        6. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 16h16 hours ago

          The images seem to show pretty good evidence that three tubes were emptied; South Koreans reported tracking two missiles into the East Sea and have subsequently said one may have landed inland. That’d suggest 1 of 3 failed (instead of 1 of 2).

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        7. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 16h16 hours ago

          So they accidentally hit themselves. That wouldn’t be a first and this missile wouldn’t be the largest to fail over land. A Hwasong-12 IRBM struck a town in April 2017.https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/when-a-north-korean-missile-accidentally-hit-a-north-korean-city/ …

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        8. Ankit Panda‏Verified account @nktpnd 16h16 hours ago

          If a failure did occur, it’d be the first since August 25, 2017. That day 1/3 KN21 missiles launched failed.

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        1. David‏ @paddy_de 17h17 hours ago
          Replying to @nktpnd @joshjonsmith and

          Ground detector.

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        1. Nick G‏ @GriffinNicolas 16h16 hours ago
          Replying to @nktpnd @joshjonsmith and

          It is.

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        2. Nick G‏ @GriffinNicolas 16h16 hours ago
          Replying to @GriffinNicolas @nktpnd and

          And also archaic

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        1. William‏ @phenidone 10h10 hours ago
          Replying to @nktpnd @joshjonsmith and

          I would put money on clinometer. The gauge is at the wrong end (no hydraulics!) of the ram to be an hydraulic pressure gauge and why would it be out there and visible? Such things go in the engine bay.

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