KN-02
- Name
- Hwasong-11
- Field
- short-range ballistic missile.
- Region
- North Korea.
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• Is Missile — yes • Name — Hwasong-11 • Origin — North Korea • Type — SRBM • Used By — Korean People's Army Strategic Force • Service — 2008–present • Engine — Solid-propellant rocket • Weight — 2010 kg • Length — 6.4 m • Diameter — 0.65 m • Vehicle Range — 120-170 km • Filling — single high-explosive, submunition, chemical • Filling Weight — 250 or • Guidance — Inertial, optical correlation system • Launch Platform — TEL
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• Title — Hwasong-11 • Hangul — ^화성-11 The Hwasong-11 (US designation: KN-02; US alternate name: Toksa) is a North Korean short-range ballistic missile (SRBM). It is based on the Soviet OTR-21 Tochka SRBM.
History
History
North Korea and Syria developed a "missile relationship" in the 1990s which included technical exchanges. Syrian transfers to North Korea included examples of the OTR-21 (possibly in 1994) and technical data in 1996 through a two week visit by Syrian technicians to North Korea. The first Hwasong-11 test in April 2004 failed. The missile reached initial operating capability in 2006-2008, and made its first official appearance at the 2007 Military Foundation Day parade. In March 2014, a South Korean military source claimed that the KN-02's range had been extended to 170 km through improved engine performance. The source also claimed that North Korea possessed 100 missiles with 30 TELs deployed to fire them. In August 2014, three KN-02s were fired out to a range of 220 km and estimated to have circular error probable accuracy.
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* • Korean People's Army - "Some" in inventory as of 2024
Description
The Hwasong-11 is a short-ranged, solid fuelled, ballistic missile; it is North Korea's first solid-fuelled missile. The missile carries one non-nuclear warhead. It is "far from certain" how well the OTR-21's avionics were copied. According to the CSIS Missile Defense Project, later versions increased range from 120 km to 170 km. In 2021, a report co-authored by the IISS reported a range of 140 km. The missile is road-mobile on a transporter erector launcher (TEL). According to the KPA Journal in 2010, the TEL and a transporter with 2-4 missile reloads were based on the MAZ-630308-224 or -243 commercial truck.
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