Hwasong-5
«Hwasŏng-5 / Scud-B nordcoreano»
BallisticSRBM — short range (<1000 km)North Korea1985In service
North Korean copy of the Soviet R-17 Scud-B, the first ballistic missile mass-produced by DPRK.
Ballistic//SRBM — short range (<1000 km)
ID — HWASONG-5North Korea · Industria missilistica RPDC (Sanum-dong)
Hwasong-5
Hwasŏng-5 / Scud-B nordcoreano
North Korean copy of the Soviet R-17 Scud-B, the first ballistic missile mass-produced by DPRK.
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
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Identity
- Designation
- Hwasong-5
- Alias
- Hwasŏng-5 / Scud-B nordcoreano
- Manufacturer
- Industria missilistica RPDC (Sanum-dong)
- Country
- North Korea
- Year
- 1985
- Category
- Ballistic
- All sub-types
- SRBM — short range (<1000 km)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 320 km
- Top speed
- Mach 5
- Guidance
- Inerziale
- Warhead
- HE / chimica ~1.000 kg
- CEP
- 450 m
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- TEL MAZ-543 8x8
- Length
- 10.94 m
- Launch weight
- 5860 kg
Tags
Nuclear-capable
Main operators
North KoreaIranSiriaYemen
History
Reverse-engineered from Scud-B units received via Egypt in the late 1970s; first tested in 1984 and fielded in 1985. Technological foundation of the entire Hwasong family.
Massively exported to Iran (as Shahab-1) and other states, funding follow-on DPRK missile programs.
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