This table lists performance estimates provided by some other organizations and authors. Assessing missile performance is difficult, especially since much of the relevant technical data is classified; hence, some of these estimates vary significantly.
| Nodong-1 |
Date |
Range (km) |
Payload (kg) |
Status |
Origin |
| (a) Federation of American Scientists |
Sept. 2001 |
1350
1500 |
1000
1000* |
|
domestic |
| (b) Federation of American Scientists (Update) |
10/23/ 2001 |
1350
1500 |
760
1158 |
|
domestic |
| (c) Bermudez |
1999 |
1350 |
1200 |
|
|
| (d) Ozu |
2000 |
1350 |
1200 |
|
|
| (e) CDISS |
11/28/ 2001 |
1000 |
1000 |
in service |
domestic |
| (f) AMI |
1999 |
1000 |
1000 |
|
|
| (g) Jane's Online |
11/28/ 2001 |
1300 |
1200 |
|
|
| (h) Carnegie Endowment Int'l Peace |
9/24/ 2001 |
1000
1000* |
700
1000 |
tested |
domestic |
| (i) Arms Control Association |
10/1/ 2001 |
1300 |
750 |
oper-ational |
domestic |
| (j) Ballistic Missile Threat Handbook |
2000 |
1300
1300* |
700
800 |
deployed |
DPRK |
| (k) Council to Reduce Nuclear Dangers |
10/1/ 2001 |
1000
1300 |
1000
1000* |
tested |
DPRK |
| (l) Wisconsin Project |
11/28/ 2001 |
1000
1000* |
800
1000 |
tested |
DPRK |
| (m) SAFE Foundation |
11/28/ 2001 |
800 |
1000 |
in service |
domestic | *Number inferred; not enough information available to make reliable estimate.
 |
| |
Updated April 2003 |
|
Key Sources:
(a) <http://www.fas.org/>
(b) <http://www.fas.org/>
(c) Joseph S. Bermudez, "A History of Ballistic Missile Development in the DPRK," Center for Nonproliferation Studies Occasional Paper #2, pp. 11-12, 27, 1999, <http://cns.miis.edu/>.
(d) Hajime Ozu, Reference Guide to World Missile Systems (Tokyo: Shinkigensha Inc., 2000), pp. 94-95.
(e) "North Korean Ballistic Missile Capabilities," Center for Defense & International Security Studies, <http://www.cdiss.org/>.
(f) Missile Systems of the World (Bremerton, WA: AMI International, 1999), p. 461.
(g) <http://www.janes.com/>; 11/28/01
(h) <http://www.ceip.org/files/projects/npp/resources/ballisticmissilechart.htm
ballisticmissilechart.htm>
(i) <http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/gbmp.asp?print>
(j) Jack Spencer, The Ballistic Missile Threat Handbook (Washington, DC: Heritage Foundation, 2000), p. 71.A33
(k) <http://www.clw.org/coalition/appndxe.htm>
(l) <http://www.wisconsinproject.org/countries/nkorea/missiles.html
missiles.html>
(m) <http://www.safefoundation.org/moreinfo/nkorea_missile.html
nkorea_missile.html>
|
