Pukguksong-1

Pukguksong-1
TypeSubmarine-launched ballistic missile
Place of origin North Korea
Service history
In service2016–2017 (South Korean estimates) 2018 (US estimates)
Used byNorth Korea
Production history
Manufacturer North Korea
Produced2015 (first known test year)
VariantsLand-based mobile intermediate-range ballistic missile (Pukguksong-2)[1]
Specifications
Height7.05 metres (23.1 ft)
7.4 metres (with grid fins)
Diameter1.07–1.13 metres (3.7 ft)
Warheadnuclear, conventional
EngineSolid fuel rocket[2]
PropellantLiquid (2015), solid (2016–)
Operational
range
  • 500 km (Based on tested, lofted trajectory)
  • 1,250 km (Estimated, based on standard minimum energy trajectory by David Wright, A physicist and co-director of the UCS Global Security Program) [3]
  • 2,000–2,500 km (South Korea estimation of the actual deployed range)[4][5]
Launch
platform
Sinpo-class submarine
Pukguksong-1
Chosŏn'gŭl
Hancha
Revised RomanizationBukgeukseong-1ho
McCune–ReischauerPukkŭksŏng-1ho

The Pukguksong-1 or Pukkŭksŏng-1, Bukgeukseong-1 (Korean: 북극성1호, lit. 'Polaris-1'), alternatively KN-11 in intelligence communities outside North Korea, is a North Korean, two-stage submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) that was successfully flight tested on 24 August 2016.[6]

Pukguksong-1 is officially recognized by North Korea, South Korea and the United States as a missile that went through a complete, successful test on 24 August 2016.[7] North Korea has never announced the actual operational range and payload, as this technical information is probably considered classified.

  1. ^ Park, Ju-min (14 February 2017). "New nuclear-capable missile test a success, North Korea says". Reuters.
  2. ^ (LEAD) N. Korea claims successful launch of SLBM - Yonhap, 24 April 2016
  3. ^ Range of the North Korean KN-11 Sub-Launched Missile - Union of Concerned Scientists
  4. ^ "S. Korea confirms DPRK's development of new missile - Xinhua - English.news.cn". news.xinhuanet.com.
  5. ^ (News Focus) S. Korea building up anti-submarine defense amid North's SLBM advances - Yonhap, 26 April 2016
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference 38north-20190906 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Pukguksong-1 (KN-11) - Missile Threat".