KN-25
KN-25 is a designation given to a North Korean tactical ballistic missile.
KN-25 | |
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Type | Short-range ballistic missile/Multiple rocket launcher |
Service history | |
Used by | ![]() |
Production history | |
Designed | 2019 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 3,000 kg (6,600 lb) |
Length | 8.2 m (27 ft) |
Diameter | 430 mm and 600 |
Engine | solid SPRE |
Operational range | 380 km (240 mi) |
Design
North Korean state media calls the KN-25 as a "super-large" multiple launch rocket system, but the missile's larger size and greater range compared to traditional rocket artillery led the United States Forces Korea (USFK) to categorize it as an SRBM. Missiles are estimated to be 600 mm in diameter, 8.2 meters long, and weigh 3,000 kg; they are mounted on a four-tube wheeled transporter-erector-launcher (TEL). They have an unspecified guidance system and have four fixed rear fins with four moving forward fins. The KN-25 is a battlefield weapon, suitable for deployment at battalion-level to attack enemy rear-echelon targets out to 380 km with a conventional blast-fragmentation warhead.[1][2]
Tests
Date[1] | Number fired | Range | Apogee | Notes |
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25 August 2019 | Two | 380 km | 97 km | 17 minute firing interval |
10 September 2019 | Three | 330 km (210 mi) | 50-60 km | 19 minute firing interval. Partial success, reportedly only two of three left their tubes and one hit its intended target. |
31 October 2019 | Two | 370 km (230 mi) | 90 km | 3 minute firing interval |
28 November 2019 | Two | 380 km | 97 km | 30 second firing interval |
2 March 2020 | Two | 240 km (150 mi) | 35 km | 20 second firing interval |
References
- KN-25. Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies.
- North Korea’s Recent KN-25 Launches. 38 North. 6 March 2020.
External links
- KN-25. Military-Today
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200712003738if_/https://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_pictrure_780x520_/public/articles/2019/03/07/ak_nkmissle_0703.jpg?itok=5yORI9Nz×tamp=1551921871
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200712003219if_/https://data.ibtimes.sg/en/full/7944/north-korea-displays-new-missiles-at-parade.jpg?w=660