Missile: Nodong
Missile type: Liquid propellant, single-stage, mobile, ballistic missile
Analysis Note: All performance data are reconstructed figures based on the tests in North Korea, Iran, and Pakistan, literature data, government information and evaluation of displayed missiles. Thus, a certain bandwidth has to be applied to the data given.
| Performance Category |
Measurement Unit |
Value/Description |
| Overall mass |
kg |
15400 (reconstructed) |
| Thrust |
kN |
265 -- w/o jet vane degradation (estimated) |
| Sea level spec. Impulse |
s |
227 -- w/o jet vane degradation (estimated) |
| Length |
m |
15.5 (evaluated) |
| Diameter |
m |
1.25 |
| Wing Span |
m |
2.58 (estimated) |
| HE warhead mass |
kg |
700 (assumed) |
| Dry net mass |
kg |
2565 (reconstructed) |
| Dry inert mass |
kg |
1865 (reconstructed) |
| Propellant mass |
kg |
12820 (reconstructed) |
| Gas (for tank pressurization) |
kg |
45 (estimated) |
| Maximum burning time |
s |
108.1 (reconstructed) |
| Maximum range |
km |
1000 (reconstructed -- maximum figure) |
| Maximum guaranteed range |
km |
Unknown |
| Minimum range |
km |
300 (estimated) |
| Nominal burning time |
s |
104 (reconstructed) |
| Engine type |
|
Single-chamber liquid rocket motor with a gas
generator driven single shaft turbo pump |
| Propellants |
|
AK 27I, TM 185; ignition by TG 02 start fuel |
| Airframe |
|
Separate propellant tanks made of stainless steel
with internal fuel line (estimated) |
| Guidance |
|
three body-mounted gyros, two for attitude sensing and one for lateral acceleration plus one PIGA, basically identical to Hwasŏng-5 |
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Updated April 2003 |
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