Other names: Hwajilli Missile Test Site, Hwajilli SAM Base, Hwajin-ri SAM Base
Location: Hwajin-ri (華進里) , P’yŏngwŏn-kun (平原郡), South P’yŏng’an Province (平安南道), North Korea [Note: some South Korean references use an alternative Chinese character (花進里) for this location; however, the pronunciation is the same].
Subordinate to: Air Defense Command Center (空軍司令部) and/or First Air Division (第1空軍師團), Korean People’s Air Force (朝鮮人民軍空軍), Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces (人民武力省), National Defense Commission (國防委員會); or Unidentified coastal defense missile regiment, Korean People’s Navy (朝鮮人民軍海軍), Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces (人民武力省), National Defense Commission (國防委員會)
Primary Function: Deployment and launch of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) and/or surface-to-ship missiles
Description: Hwajin-ri was used as a missile test facility prior to the completion of the Musudan-ri in the mid-1980s. There is little information about this facility, but there are reports that it is currently a SAM base or a surface-to-ship missile base.
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Updated April 2003 |
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Key Sources:
Ch’oe Wŏn Ki, “[Ch’ojŏm] Musudan Missile Kiji Ŏddŏn Kos’in’ga?” Joongang Ilbo, 14 January 2000, <http://www.joins.com/>; Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr., “North Korea’s Musudan-ri Launch Facility,” Center for Defense and International Security Studies, 1999, <http://www.cdiss.org/>.
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