Taepodong-2
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The Taepodong-2 (TD-2, also spelled as '''Taep'o-dong 2''') () is a designation used to indicate what was initially believed to be a North Korean two- or three-stage ballistic missile design that is the successor to the Taepodong-1 technology demonstrator. In 2012, the U.S. Department of Defense assessed that the Taepodong-2 had not been deployed as a missile. The Taepodong-2 is the technology base for the Unha space launch vehicle, and was likely not intended as ICBM technology.
Key facts
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.name
- Taepodong-2
- Weapon.type
- Space launcher technology development, possibly ballistic missile
- Weapon.manufacturer
- North Korea
- Weapon.service
- 2006 (only test)
- Weapon.engine
- Liquid
- Weapon.weight
- ≈80tonnes
- Weapon.length
- ≈30m
- Weapon.diameter
- 2.0–2.2m
- Weapon.speed
- 690–800m/s
- Weapon.vehicle_range
- 4,000–6,700km (est.)
- Weapon.guidance
- Inertial
- Weapon.launch_platform
- Launch pad
- Korean name.context
- north
- Korean name.title
- Korean name
- Korean name.headercolor
- green
- Korean name.hangul
- 대포동 2호
- Korean name.hanja
- 大浦洞 2號
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- ballistic missile
- Country of origin
- North Korea
- Image
- Tephodon2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Taepodong-2 missiles
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Details
- Structure
- First stage
- Second and third stages
- Launches
- 2006 test
- Subsequent Unha launches
- See also
- References
- External links
The Taepodong-2 (TD-2, also spelled as '''Taep'o-dong 2''') () is a designation used to indicate what was initially believed to be a North Korean two- or three-stage ballistic missile design that is the successor to the Taepodong-1 technology demonstrator. In 2012, the U.S. Department of Defense assessed that the Taepodong-2 had not been deployed as a missile. The Taepodong-2 is the technology base for the Unha space launch vehicle, and was likely not intended as ICBM technology.
==Details== As there is no publicly available imagery of the only Taepodong-2 launch in 2006, all estimates of technical parameters are approximate.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taepodong-2” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.