ABallistic missiles
Hyunmoo
Surface-to-surface ballistic missile Surface-to-surface cruise missile Submarine-launched ballistic missile
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At a glance
Hyunmoolarger figure on 1 of 1
R-17 Elbruslarger figure on 0 of 1
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source11.2−11.4 m (37 ft)[source]
Configuration
| Specification | Hyunmoo | R-17 Elbrus |
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| Type | Surface-to-surface ballistic missile Surface-to-surface cruise missile Submarine-launched ballistic missile[source] | Short-range ballistic missile[source] |
| Place of origin | South Korea[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1987–present[source] | 1962−present[source] |
| Used by | Republic of Korea Armed Forces[source] | See operators |
Wingspan
Single source1,800 mm (71 in)[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] | Viktor Makeyev[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Hanwha (Hyunmoo-2/4/5) LIG Defense & Aerospace (Hyunmoo-3)[source] | Votkinsk Machine Building Plant[source] |
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| Produced | 1980s–present[source] | 1959 −1987[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] | See variants[source] |
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| Warhead | Conventional[source] | HE , cluster , chemical , nuclear[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] | TM-185 ( kerosene derivative) / AK-27I (27% N 2 O 4 73% HNO 3 )[source] |
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| Guidance system | command guidance[source] | — |
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| Launch platform | mobile launchers[source] | 9P117M TEL[source] |
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| Transport | KM1500[source] | — |
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| Wars | — | Yom Kippur War Iran-Iraq War Soviet-Afghan War Gulf war Yemeni civil war (1994) Libyan civil war Syrian civil war Yemeni civil war (2014–present) 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1958−1961[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$1,000,000 (equivalent to US$ 2,722,285 in 2025)[source] |
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| No. built | — | 7,000−10,000 (est.)[source] |
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| Engine | — | Isayev/KBKhM 9D21 liquid (missile) D-12-525A diesel (TEL)[source] |
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| Ground clearance | — | 440 mm (17 in)[source] |
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| Accuracy | — | 450–900 m (490–980 yd) CEP[source] |
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| Former operator · Afghanistan | — | Afghanistan[source] |
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| Former operator · Azerbaijan | — | Azerbaijan[source] |
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| Former operator · Belarus | — | Belarus[source] |
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| Former operator · Czechoslovakia | — | Czechoslovakia[source] |
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| Former operator · Czech Republic | — | Czech Republic[source] |
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| Former operator · Georgia | — | Georgia[source] |
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| Former operator · East Germany | — | East Germany[source] |
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| Former operator · Hungary | — | Hungary[source] |
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| Former operator · Iran | — | Iran[source] |
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| Former operator · Iraq | — | Iraq[source] |
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| Former operator · Kazakhstan | — | Kazakhstan[source] |
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| Former operator · Libya | — | Libya[source] |
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| Former operator · Poland | — | Poland[source] |
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| Former operator · Romania | — | Romania[source] |
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| Former operator · Russia | — | Russia[source] |
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| Former operator · Slovakia | — | Slovakia[source] |
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| Former operator · Soviet Union | — | Soviet Union[source] |
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| Former operator · Ukraine | — | Ukraine[source] |
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| Former operator · Yemen | — | Yemen[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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