Missiles - North Korea Special Weapons

Designation			Stages	Engine	Range	IOC	Inventory #	Comment
North Korea Missiles if you are not confused, you don't understand what is going on				Overview Designation Systems North Korean missile are very un-American. Much as Carl Sagan spoke of UFO sightings as "brief occasions of amazement", the DPRK presents a bewildering richness of design variants that challenge taxanomic simplification. The Western mindset is seeking a small number of discrete prototypes that presage large scale production. This "big iron" archetype is best set aside in favor of a Burt Rutan / Skunk Works metaphor, in which each DRPK rocket is hand made with specifications responding to unique requirements.
SRBM - South Korea
KN-9			1	solid	100 km	2013	R&DTE
KN-1	SS-N-1, Styx	Kumsong-1	1	turbojet	110 km	? 2006	20? unknown
KN-2	SS-21 Scarab		1	solid	110 km	? 2006	20* uncertain?
KN-03?	Scud-B	Hwasong-5	1	liquid	300-330 km	1981-84	< 20*<	[was 150] no longer active?
KN-25			1	solid	400 km ??	2019	R&DTE
KN-24			1	solid	400 km ??	2019	R&DTE
KN-29 ?		Hwasong-8	1 +?	?	400 km ??	2021	R&DTE	hyersonic boost glide
KN-04	Scud-C	Hwasong-6	1	liquid	500 km	1989	< 40*	[was 300]
KN-17			1	liquid	500 km ??	TBD	R&DTE	ASBM
KN-23	9K720 Iskander-M		1	solid	450-600 km	2020?	none
KN-05?	Scud-ER	Hwasong-?	1	liquid	750 - 800 km	2003	<40* <	[was 350]
KN-21	Scud-ER	Hwasong-?	1	liquid	750 - 800 km	2017
KN-23B	9K720 Iskander-M mod		1	solid	750-800 km	2020?	none	boost-glide
MRBM - Japan
	No-dong-A, A1	Hwasong-7	1	liquid	1,100 - 1,600 km	1999	50* <	[was 200] SS-N-5
KN-28 ???	GLCM		1	turbojet	1,500 km	2021	R&DTE	cruise missile
KN-15	Pukguksong-2		2	solid	2,000 - 2,500 km	2016	R&DTE	MRBM
IRBM - Guam
KN-07?	Musudan	Hwasong-10	1	liquid	3,200 - 3,860 km	2004 -2007	50*R&DTE	SS-N-6 derived
		Hwasong-12	2	liquid	4,500 km	2017-R&DTE	R&DTE
		Hwasong-16	2	liquid	4,500 km	2022-R&DTE	R&DTE	MARV
ICBM - CONUS
KN-14	No-dong-D ?		3	liquid	6,000-10,000 km	2015	6 - R&D	LR-ICBM R-29RM / SS-N-23 SKIF derivative
KN-08		Hwasong-13	3	liquid	10,000 km +		?	ICBM R-29RM / SS-N-23 SKIF derivative
KN-20	No-dong-C ?	Hwasong-14	3	liquid	10,000 ~~6,700 km +~~	Jul 2017	?	ICBM R-29RM / SS-N-23 SKIF derivative
KN-22		Hwasong-15	3	liquid	13,000 km +		?	ICBM
KN-27		Hwasong-17	3	liquid	13,000 km +	2022	?	ICBM
???	KN-X ICBM		3	solid	10,000 km +		?
SLBM
KN-11	Pukguksong-1		1	liquid	2,000 - 2,500 km	2015-R&DTE	dormant	SS-N-6
KN-15?	Pukguksong-3		2	solid	2,500 km +		?
KN-?	Pukguksong-4		2	solid	2,500 km +		?
KN-?	Pukguksong-5		2	solid	9,000 km +		?
SLV
NKSL-1²	Taep'o-dong-1		2	liquid	2,000 - 2,900 km	1998 ILC	Cancelled	+ solid kickstage
NKSL-X-2³	Taep'o-dong-2	Unha-3	2	liquid	6,750 -10,000 km	04 Jul 2006	few R&D ?
	Taep'o-dong-3	Unha-9	3	liquid	10,000 - 12,000 km	2018 ??	R & D
	NK-SL-X		2-3-4	liquid	orbital, GEO, Piloted	2018 ??	R & D	NK-SL-X SLV

Notes: 1 - No-dong-B is a provisional designation created by John Pike. The No-dong-B is derived from the Soviet-era SS-N-6 SLBM. 2 - NKSL-1 is an unofficial designation created by Charles Vick. The NKSL-1 is a Taep'odong-1 missile with a third stage and satellite added. 3 - NKSL-X-2 & NKSL-X-3 is an unofficial designation created by Charles Vick. NKSL-X-2 is a Taep'o dong-2 & Taep'o-dong-3 missile with a third stage and satellite added. # inventory holdings are highly uncertain. As of 2018, the DPRK was estimated by one source to have 900 SRBMs, including Scud-Bs, and newer Scud-C and Scud 2 missiles (also known as the KN04, or extended range Scud). 4 -* The Korean Institute for Defense Analysis (KIDA), http://www.kida.re.kr/eng/ suggested numbers of May 2013* This represents a downward assessement compared with some previous estimate. Includes 100 short range Scud types mix, 50 No-dong-A's and 50 No-dong-B's or a total of about 200 semi-mobile Transport Erector Launcher (TEL) mounted launchers. This was also reported by the Department of Defense to the U. S. Senate on May 2, 2013. How many remain in storage as replacements for those stationed on TEL’s are assumed to be higher. The total missile available in 2008 was estimated at greater than 800 while in 2010 it was estimated at 1,000. In 2013 it is estimated at 1,050 available missiles with 200 transport erectors launchers. 5 - KN-06 -Mobile surface to air system called Pongae-5 SAM. KN-04, KN-05, KN-07 and KN-09, uncertain which system it is applied. 6 - [KN-designations are derived from the South Korean military and intelligence community’s missile designation system of its Ministry of Defense. Thus the “KN-X-15”?, means the North Korean-Experimental missile system with a number designation and the next number that is apparently applicable in this incompletely understood numeric designation system. Some DPRK North Korean older phased out missile system do not carry the KN designations. The older NK- and or NKSL- system is a public derived similar system from the “Cold War” North Korean Satellite Launch System with numeric designations similar to that utilized to define Soviet era satellite launch systems such as the SL-4 Soyuz booster by the US intelligence community.]