KN-25
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The 600 mm multiple rocket launcher (), widely known outside North Korea by its United States's designation KN-25, is a weapon system that is referred to by North Korean state media as multiple rocket launcher, and by South Korea and the United States as short-range ballistic missile. ==Description==
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- Description
- Mass production of KN-25 and its launcher
- Cruise missile launcher
- List of tests
- See also
- Notes
- References
The 600 mm multiple rocket launcher (), widely known outside North Korea by its United States's designation KN-25, is a weapon system that is referred to by North Korean state media as multiple rocket launcher, and by South Korea and the United States as short-range ballistic missile. ==Description==
The KN-25 is developed as a hybrid weapon system between short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) and traditional multiple rocket launcher (MRL). Officially described as a "super-large" MRL; however, KN-25 has characteristics of a ballistic missile. Because of its larger size and greater range compared to traditional rocket artillery, the United States Forces Korea (USFK) categorizes it as a SRBM. It flies on a controlled ballistic trajectory. Missiles are estimated to be in diameter, long, and weigh . They have an unspecified guidance system and have six rotating rear fins, with four moving forward fins, which likely provide the attitude control of the rocket.