Hwasong-7

Hwasong-7
TypeMedium-range ballistic missile
Place of originNorth Korea
Service history
In service1998−Present[1]
Used bySee operators
Production history
Produced1990–present[2]
Specifications
Length15.6 m (51 ft)[3]
Diameter1.25 m (4 ft 1 in)[3]
Warhead
Warhead weight700–1,000 kg (1,500–2,200 lb) (est.)[1]
PropellantTM-185 (20% gasoline 80% kerosene) / AK-27I (27% N
2O
4 73% NHO
3)[4]
Operational
range
1,000–1,500 km (620–930 mi) (est.)[1][5]
Flight altitude160 km (99 mi) if in lofted trajectory which reduces the operating range to 650 km (400 mi)[5]
Guidance
system
Inertial
Accuracy190–1,000 m (210–1,090 yd) CEP[4]

The Hwasong-7[6] (Korean: 《화성-7》형; Hanja: 火星 7型; spelled Hwaseong-7 in South Korea, lit. Mars Type 7), also known as Nodong-1 (Hangul: 로동(North),노동(South) 1호; Hanja: 蘆洞 1號), is a single-stage, mobile liquid propellant medium-range ballistic missile developed by North Korea. Developed in the mid-1980s, it is a scaled-up adaptation of the Soviet R-17 Elbrus missiles, more commonly known by its NATO reporting name "Scud". The inventory is estimated to be around 200–300 missiles.[7] US Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center estimates that as of June 2017 fewer than 100 launchers were operationally deployed.[8]

It influenced the design of Pakistan's Ghauri-1 missile,[9] as well as the Iranian Shahab-3.[10][11]

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  2. ^ "Egypt's Missile Efforts Succeed with Help from North Korea". Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control. 1996. Archived from the original on 2016-01-23.
  3. ^ a b Markus Schiller (2012). Characterizing the North Korean Nuclear Missile Threat (Report). RAND Corporation. ISBN 978-0-8330-7621-2. TR-1268-TSF. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b "No-Dong 1 - North Korea". Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  5. ^ a b "NK's March missile test aimed at evading interceptor systems: sources". Yonhap News Agency. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  6. ^ IISS 2024, p. 282.
  7. ^ "South Korea's military to increase number of Hyunmoo missiles, says report | Jane's 360". Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  8. ^ DIBMAC 2017, p. 25.
  9. ^ "North Korea-Iran Missile Cooperation". 38 North. 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  10. ^ Brügge, Norbert (2 May 2020). "The North-Korean/Iranian Nodong-Shahab missile family". Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  11. ^ U.S. Department of Defense (2001). Proliferation: Threat and Response (PDF). DIANE Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 1-4289-8085-7.