Missiles

Name Stages Propellant Range (km) IOC Inventory Type Body Dia. (m) Comments Scud-B 1 liquid 280-330 1981 100? SRBM 0.885 Hwasong-5 1 liquid 280-330 1984 150? SRBM 0.885 Derivative of Scud-B Hwasong-6 1 liquid 500-700 1989 250? SRBM 0.885 Derivative of Scud-C No-dong 1 liquid 1,350-1,500 1999 12-36 MRBM 1.3 Also flown by Iran (Shahab-3) and Pakistan (Ghauri II) Taep'o-dong-1 Paeutudan-1 2 liquid 2,000-2,200 2000 0 MRBM 1.3 Indigenously developed system with performance similar to the Soviet SS-4 NKSL-1/Taep'o-dong-1 3 liquid + solid 2,200-2,672

or

2,200-2,896 1998

(ILC) 0 M/IRBM 1.3 Satellite launch variant of the Taep'o-dong-1. Basis for the design of Iran's Shahab-4 Taep'o-dong-2 2 liquid 3,500-3,750

6,400-6,700

7,000

8,000-12,000 N/A 0 LRICBM

LRICBM

LRICBM

FRICBM 2.2 This is a hypothetical advance on the Taep'o-dong-1. North Korea is not believed to currently possess a functional version of this missile, but both North Korea and Iran (Shahab-5) are believed to be working towards a missile with these capabilities. NKSL-X-2/Taep'o-dong-2 3 liquid + solid 4,000-4,300 N/A

(ILC) 0 LRICBM 2.2 This is a satellite launch variant of the hypothetical Taep'o-dong-2 model that may be under development. Basis for the design of Iran's Shahab-6. It would probably have a similar performance to the Soviet SS-5

No-dong / Shahab-3

Range-Payload to Throwweight Trade-offs Stages Payload Range Country kg Pounds km Miles One-Stage 1,158 2,553 1,350 839 Iran 760 1,676 1,500 932 Pakistan Official figures Taep'o-dong-1 / Shahab-4

Range to weight Defenition Stages Payload Range kg Pounds km Miles Two-Stage 1,000 2,205 2,000 1,243 750 1,654 2,200 1,367 Three-Stage 500 1,103 2,475 1,538 380 838 2,672 1,660 290 640 2,896 1,800 Estimates based on limited data Taep'o-dong-2 / Shahab-5

Range-Payload to Throwweight Trade-offs Stages Payload Range kg Pounds km Miles Two or Three

Stage variant 1,000 2,205 3,500 2,175 750 1,654 3,750 2,330 570 1,257 4,000 2,486 500 1,103 4,100 2,548 420 926 4,248 2,640 403 889 4,264 2,650 390 860 4,300 2,672 Estimates based on limited data Improved Taep'o-dong-2B / Shahab-5B/6

Range to weight Defenition Stages Payload Range kg Pounds km Miles Three-Stage 610-490 1,345-1081 5470 3,399 570-480 1,257-1058 5,500 3,418 490-440 1,080-970 5,632 3,500 290-330 640-728 6,000 3,728 230-270 505-595 6,200 3,853 170-220 375-485 6,400 3,977 100-150 221-331 6,700 4,163 Preliminary Estimates based on limited data (March 2002) Taep'o-dong-3 / Shahab-5B / 6

Range to weight Defenition Stages Payload Range kg Pounds km Miles Three-Stage 1,200-1,220 2,646-2,690 5,470 3,399 1,130-1,200 2,492-2,646 5,500 3,418 900-1,040 2,492-2,646 5,500 3,418 700 1,544 6,000 3,728 550-540 1,213-1,191 6,200 3,853 390-420 860-926 6,400 3,977 270-290 595-640 6,700 4,163 Preliminary Estimates based on limited data (March 2002) Taep'o-dong-4 / Shahab-7 Concepts

Range to weight Defenition Stages Payload Range kg Pounds km Miles Three-Stage 1,030 2,271 9,000 5,593 810 1,786 10,000 6,214 480 1,054 12,000 7,457 100 221 15,000 9,321 Preliminary Estimates based on a conceptual model for the system

NOTES: SRBM - Short Range Ballistic Missile < 1,000 km

MRBM - Medium Range Ballistic Missile 1,000-2,500 km

IRBM - Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile 2,500-3,500 km

LRICBM - Limited Range Intercontinental Ballistic Missile 3,500-8,000 km

Many of the ranges suggested for the yet-to-fly missile systems are based on mathematical models relying on what little data has been made public. The large ranges suggested by some of these studies do not necessarily imply likely ranges for an armed missile in the near future, rather they often attempt to extrapolate a maximum possible range for a given design, so as to come up with a worst-case scenario.





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