Hwasong-5
Sign in to saveThe Hwasong-5 () is a North Korean short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) derived from the Soviet R-17 Elbrus missile. It is one of several missiles with the NATO reporting name Scud-B.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Hwasong-5
- Weapon.image
- Hwasong-5.png
- Weapon.image_size
- 50
- Weapon.caption
- Diagram of the missile
- Weapon.type
- Short range ballistic missile
- Weapon.origin
- North Korea
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- Yes
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1987−present
- Weapon.used_by
- See operators
- Weapon.manufacturer
- 125th Machine Factory
- Weapon.production_date
- 1986−1992
- Weapon.number
- 300
- Weapon.variants
- See variants
- Weapon.filling
- HE or cluster munition
- Weapon.propellant
- TM-185 (20% gasoline 80% kerosene) / AK-27I (27% Dinitrogen tetroxide| 73% Nitric acid|)
- Weapon.accuracy
- CEP
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Export
- Operational history
- Iran-Iraq war
- Syrian civil war
- Yemen civil war (2014−present)
- Variants
- Iran
- North Korea
- Syria
- Operators
- Current
- Former
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- External links
The Hwasong-5 () is a North Korean short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) derived from the Soviet R-17 Elbrus missile. It is one of several missiles with the NATO reporting name Scud-B.
==History== North Korea received rocket artillery, surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), and anti-ship missiles from the Soviet Union in the 1960s and from China in the 1970s. The range and accuracy of the 2K6 Luna were unsatisfactory, but the Soviets refused to supply ballistic missiles to limit tensions in Korea. North Korea sought a domestic missile-production capability by 1965, and began making military and industrial preparations shortly afterward.
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