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 | Scud missile |
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| Type | Surface-to-surface ballistic missile Surface-to-surface cruise missile Submarine-launched ballistic missile[source] | SRBM[source] |
| Place of origin | South Korea[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1987–present[source] | 1957–present (Scud A) 1964–present (Scud B) 1965–present (Scud C) 1989–present (Scud D)[source] |
| Used by | Republic of Korea Armed Forces[source] | see Operators |
Diameter
Single source0.88 m (2 ft 11 in)[source]
Hyunmoo-5
Single source36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb) (Hyunmoo-5)[source]
Scud A
Single sourceScud B
Single sourceScud C
Single sourceScud D
Single source4,400 kg (9,700 lb) Scud A 5,900 kg (13,000 lb) Scud B 6,400 kg (14,100 lb) Scud C 6,500 kg (14,300 lb) Scud D[source]
Operational; up to
Single sourceup to 3,000 km (1,900 mi)[source]
Operational; Scud A
Single sourceOperational; Scud B
Single sourceOperational; Scud C
Single sourceOperational; Scud D
Single source180 km (110 mi) Scud A 300 km (190 mi) Scud B 600 km (370 mi) Scud C 700 km (430 mi) Scud D[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] | OKB Makeïev[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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| Warhead | Conventional[source] | Conventional high-explosive, fragmentation, chemical VX warhead, thermonuclear[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 guidance , Scud-D adds DSMAC terminal guidance[source] |
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| Launch platform | mobile launchers[source] | MAZ-543 Mobile Launcher[source] |
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| Transport | KM1500[source] | — |
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| Wars | — | Yom Kippur War , Iran–Iraq War , Gulf War , Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) , Yemeni Civil War (1994) , First Chechen War , Second Chechen War , Libyan Civil War , Syrian Civil War , Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) , Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen , Second Nagorno-Karabakh War , 2026 Iran war[source] |
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| Designed | — | From 1950[source] |
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| Engine | — | Single-stage liquid-fuel[source] |
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| Accuracy | — | 3,000 m (9,800 ft) Scud A 450 m (1,480 ft) Scud B 700 m (2,300 ft) Scud C 50 m (160 ft) Scud D[source] |
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