CNS Occasional Papers: #2

A History of Ballistic Missile Development in the DPRK

Joseph S. Bermudez Jr.

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CONTENTS

Copyright © Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., 1999.

Foreword

by Timothy V. McCarthy

Introduction

Early Developments, 1960-1979

PRC Assistance
Establishment of a Ballistic Missile Program
FROG-5 (Luna-2) and FROG-7B (Luna-M)
HQ-2/SA-2 Surface-to-Surface Missile (SSM)
DF-61
Other Missile Systems

First Ballistic Missiles, 1979-1989

R-17E (a.k.a., Scud B)
Hwasong 5 Prototype (a.k.a., Scud Mod. A)
Hwasong 5 (a.k.a., Scud Mod. B, Scud B)
Foreign Assistance and Cooperation
Other Missile-Related Developments

Longer Range Designs, 1989-Present

Reorganization of the Missile Program
Hwasong 6 (a.k.a. Scud Mod. C, Scud C, Scud PIP)
Foreign Developments
No-dong (a.k.a., No-dong 1, Rodong 1, Scud Mod. D, Scud D)
Pakistan’s Ghauri (Hatf V) and Ghauri 2
Iran’s Shebab 3
Egypt, Libya, and Syria
Taep’o-dong 1 (a.k.a., No-dong 2, Rodong 2, Scud Mod. E, Scud X),
Taep’o-dong 1 SLV, Taep’o-dong 2 (a.k.a., No-dong 3)
Other Missile Systems

Conclusion (and Notes)


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