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
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Length
Single sourceTayfun Block 1 Tayfun Block 4
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| Specification | Hyunmoo | Tayfun (missile) |
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| Type | Surface-to-surface ballistic missile Surface-to-surface cruise missile Submarine-launched ballistic missile[source] | Short-range ballistic missile Medium-range ballistic missile[source] |
| Place of origin | South Korea[source] | Turkey[source] |
| In service | 1987–present[source] | 2023[source] |
| Used by | Republic of Korea Armed Forces[source] | See Users |
Tayfun Block 1 6.5 m Tayfun Block 4 10 m[source]
Diameter
Single sourceTayfun Block Tayfun Block
Single sourceTayfun Block 1 610 mm Tayfun Block 4 938 mm[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] | Roketsan[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Hanwha (Hyunmoo-2/4/5) LIG Defense & Aerospace (Hyunmoo-3)[source] | Roketsan[source] |
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| Produced | 1980s–present[source] | 2023 - 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] | Tayfun (for Turkey)[source] |
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| Warhead | Conventional[source] | HE or fragmentation[source] |
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| Payload capacity | 500 to 8,000 kg (1,100 to 17,600 lb)[source] | Tayfun Block 1 : 500 kg Tayfun Block 4 : 700-1000 kg[source] |
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| Propellant | solid fuel[source] | Composite solid propellant[source] |
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| Guidance system | command guidance[source] | GPS + GLONASS aided INS / INS only[source] |
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| Launch platform | mobile launchers[source] | VOLAT truck[source] |
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| Transport | KM1500[source] | — |
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| Designed | — | 2022[source] |
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| No. built | — | Unknown[source] |
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| Accuracy | — | GPS + GLONASS Aided INS: ≤5 m CEP[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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