ABallistic missiles
Hyunmoo
Surface-to-surface ballistic missile Surface-to-surface cruise missile Submarine-launched ballistic missile
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ABallistic missiles
Surface-to-surface ballistic missile Surface-to-surface cruise missile Submarine-launched ballistic missile
Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | Hyunmoo | Pukguksong-2 |
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| Type | Surface-to-surface ballistic missile Surface-to-surface cruise missile Submarine-launched ballistic missile[source] | Medium-range or intermediate-range ballistic missile[source] |
| Place of origin | South Korea[source] | North Korea[source] |
| In service | 1987–present[source] | 2017–present[source] |
| Used by | Republic of Korea Armed Forces[source] | Korean People's Army Strategic Force |
Diameter
Single source1.5 m (4.9 ft)[source]
Hyunmoo-5
Single source36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb) (Hyunmoo-5)[source]
Maximum; > Mach 4 (
Single sourceMaximum; Maximum speed
Single source> Mach 4 (3,045 mph ; 4,900 km/h )[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designer | Agency for Defense Development[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Hanwha (Hyunmoo-2/4/5) LIG Defense & Aerospace (Hyunmoo-3)[source] | North Korea[source] |
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| Produced | 1980s–present[source] | 2016[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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| Warhead | Conventional[source] | nuclear , conventional[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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| Guidance system | command guidance[source] | Inertial navigation system[source] |
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| Launch platform | mobile launchers[source] | Tracked TEL[source] |
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| Transport | KM1500[source] | — |
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| Engine | — | Solid-fueled engine[source] |
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| Chosŏn'gŭl | — | 《북극성-2》형[source] |
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| Hancha | — | 北極星 二 形[source] |
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| Revised Romanization | — | Bukgeukseong-i hyeong[source] |
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| McCune–Reischauer | — | Pukkŭksŏng-i hyŏng[source] |
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