November 1999
Joseph S. Bermudez Jr.
Occasional Paper #2
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A History of Ballistic Missile Development in the DPRK
Contents
- Foreword by Timothy V. McCarthy
- Introduction
- Early Developments, 1960-1979
- PRC Assistance
- Establishment of a Ballistic Missile Program
- FROG-5 (Luna-2) and FROG-7B (Luna-M)
- HQ-2/SA-2 Surface-to-Surface Missile (SSM)
- DF-61
- Other Missile Systems
- First Ballistic Missiles, 1979-1989
- R-17E (a.k.a., Scud B)
- Hwasong 5 Prototype (a.k.a., Scud Mod. A)
- Hwasong 5 (a.k.a., Scud Mod. B, Scud B)
- Foreign Assistance and Cooperation
- Other Missile-Related Developments
- Longer Range Designs, 1989-Present
- Reorganization of the Missile Program
- Hwasong 6 (a.k.a. Scud Mod. C, Scud C, Scud PIP)
- Foreign Developments
- No-dong (a.k.a., No-dong 1, Rodong 1, Scud Mod. D, Scud D)
- Pakistan’s Ghauri (Hatf V) and Ghauri 2
- Iran’s Shebab 3
- Egypt, Libya, and Syria
- Taep’o-dong 1 (a.k.a., No-dong 2, Rodong 2, Scud Mod. E, Scud X), Taep’o-dong 1 SLV, Taep’o-dong 2 (a.k.a., No-dong 3)
- Other Missile Systems
- Conclusion (and Notes)
