Nodong-A
Owned By
| Operator: | North Korea |
| Status: | In Service |
| Number: | Few dozen to 200 |
| Cost: | Unknown |
| Acquired: | 1994 production began |
| General Specs: | |
| Country of origin: | North Korea (believed based on Russian R-5 and R-21) |
| Manufacturer: | |
| Introduced: | Development began in late 1980s and first test occuring in May 1990 |
| Class: | Medium-Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) |
| Range: | 559.2 – 776.7 miles (900 – 1,300 km) |
| Warhead: | Nuclear, HE, chemical, or submunitions (payload: 1,543.2 – 2645.5 lbs (700 – 1,200 kg) |
| Speed: | |
| Weight: | 38,382 lbs (17,410 kg) |
| Length: | 51.2 – 53.1 ft (15.6 – 16.2 m) |
| Diameter: | 4.1 – 4.5 ft (1.25 – 1.36 m) |
| Propellant: | Single-stage liquid |
| Guidance System: | Inertial |
| Accuracy: | 1.2 miles CEP (2,000 m) |
| Launch Platform: | Road mobile |
| Notes: | Also known as the Rodong. |
| 150 are believe to have been exported to Iran and form the basis for the Shahab-3 missiles. | |
| Possibly made with Russian and Chinese assistance. |
Sources:
- Missile Threat Project, “No Dong 1,” George C. Marshall and Claremont Institutes, October 26, 2012.
- Nuclear Threat Initiative, “North Korea – Missile,” James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, June 2016.
- Anthony H. Cordesman and Ashley Hess, The Evolving Military Balance in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia, Volume III: Missile, DPRK and ROK Nuclear Forces, and External Nuclear Forces, Center for Strategic & International Studies (Washington: Rowman & Littlefield, June 2013), page viii.
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