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Hwasong-5

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.

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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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Operational history
Iran-Iraq war
Syrian civil war
Yemen civil war (2014−present)
Variants
Iran
North Korea
Syria
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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.