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BBallistic missiles
Surface-to-surface ballistic missile Surface-to-surface cruise missile Submarine-launched ballistic missile
Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | DF-21 | Hyunmoo |
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| Type | MRBM / IRBM[source] | Surface-to-surface ballistic missile Surface-to-surface cruise missile Submarine-launched ballistic missile[source] |
| Place of origin | China[source] | South Korea[source] |
| In service | 1991[source] | 1987–present[source] |
| Used by | People's Liberation Army Rocket Force Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force[source] | Republic of Korea Armed Forces |
Diameter
Single source1.4 metres (4.6 ft)[source]
Operational; DF-21C
Single sourceOperational; DF-21D ASBM
Single sourceOperational; DF-21/DF-21A
Single source1,770 km (1,100 mi) (DF-21/DF-21A) 1,700 km (1,100 mi) (DF-21C) 1,500 km (930 mi; 810 nmi) (DF-21D ASBM )[source]
Operational; up to
Single sourceup to 3,000 km (1,900 mi)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Warhead | conventional 600kg: 1, or 5-6 (improved variant) nuclear 200-300-500 kt nuclear[source] | Conventional[source] |
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| Engine | Solid fueled[source] | — |
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| Guidance system | Inertial + terminal active radar guidance[source] | command guidance[source] |
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| Accuracy | DF-21 700m, DF-21A 50m, DF-21B 10m CEP (with BeiDou Navigation Satellite System and active radar)[source] | — |
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| Launch platform | Mobile launcher[source] | mobile launchers[source] |
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| Manufacturer | ( Capital Astronautics Co. )[source] | Hanwha (Hyunmoo-2/4/5) LIG Defense & Aerospace (Hyunmoo-3)[source] |
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| Designer | — | Agency for Defense Development[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1980s–present[source] |
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| Variants | — | Hyunmoo-1 Hyunmoo-2A Hyunmoo-2B Hyunmoo-2c Hyunmoo-3A Hyunmoo-3B Hyunmoo-3C Hyunmoo-3D Hyunmoo-4 Hyunmoo-4.4 ( submarine version ) Hyunmoo-5 ( bunker buster )[source] |
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| Payload capacity | — | 500 to 8,000 kg (1,100 to 17,600 lb)[source] |
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| Propellant | — | solid fuel[source] |
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| Transport | — | KM1500[source] |
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