Other names: Shin’o-ri Nodong Missile Base, Shino-ri Nodong Base, Shinori Missile Base
Location: Shin’o-ri (新五里), Unjŏn-kun (雲田郡), North P’yŏng’an Province (平安北道), North Korea
Subordinate to: Missile Division (미사일 師團), Ministry of the People's Armed Forces (人民武力省), National Defense Commission (國防委員會)
Size: One missile battalion with nine TELs and approximately 40 Nodong missiles
Primary Function: Deployment and launch of Nodong missiles
Description: According to South Korean sources, the base has one Nodong missile battalion with nine TELs and about 40 Nodong missiles. The South Korean Defense Ministry claims the base at Shin’o-ri had already been built by the mid 1990s. According to reports, the procedure for launching a Nodong missile at this base is as follows: 1) deliver the missile, a warhead and propellant to a launch support unit; 2) assemble the warhead, fuel and load the missile on a TEL; 3) move the TEL to an underground launch pad; and 4) stand by to launch. It takes an estimated 6.5 hours from the time of command to the actual launch of a Nodong missile.
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Key Sources:
Kim Min Sŏk, “Puk Missile Kiji Kyesok Chŭngsŏl,” Joongang Ilbo, 6 March 2001, p. 8, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr>; Choi Hun, Chae Byŏng Kŏn, “Puk, Missile 1 Ki T’ae’p’yŏng’yang Palsa/Il ‘Sanggongt’onggwa Kangnyŏk Tae’ŭng’,” Joongang Ilbo, 1 September 1998, p. 1, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr>; Kim Yŏng Bŏn, “Puk Missile Ch’ugabalsa Ch’ŏpbo Ipsu,” Munwha Ilbo, 3 September 1998, p. 1, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr>; Kim Yŏn Kwang, “‘Puk Taepodong Missile Haekt’andu T’apjaehal Sudo’/Ch’ŏn Yong T’aek Kukpang Palghyŏ,” Chosun Ilbo, 4 September 1998, p. 2, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr>; Chu Yong Chung, “Sajŏng 500km Scud C Missile 200 Ki,” Chosun Ilbo, 29 September 1999, p. 1, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr>; Chŏng Kwŏn Hyŏn, “Sajŏng 1300km ‘Nodong 1 Ho’ Missile Puk, Ch’oegŭn Shilchŏnbaech’i,” Chosun Ilbo, 25 October 1999, p. 1, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr>; Kwak Min Yŏng, “Pyongyang Antenna/‘Puk, Missile Kaebal Chisok’,” Segye Ilbo, 2 November 2000, p. 5, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr>; Shin Jae-Yun, “NK Fully Prepared for Biological War,” Korea Times, 29 September 1999, <http://www.koreatimes.co.kr>; Cha Se Hyŏn, “Puk ‘Taepodong 1 Ho’ Kunsajŏk Wihyŏp Ŏlmana,” Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1 September 1998, in NAVER, <http://news.naver.com>.
