North Korea
Shin’o-ri Missile Base
About
According to South Korean sources, the base has one Nodong missile battalion with nine TEL (transporter erector launchers)s 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:
- Deliver the missile, a warhead & propellant to a launch support unit
- Assemble the warhead, fuel and load the missile on a TEL
- Move the TEL to an underground launch pad
- Stand by to launch
It takes an estimated 6.5 hours from the time of command to the actual launch of a Nodong missile.
Sources
[1] Kim Min Sŏk, “Puk Missile Kiji Kyesok Chŭngsŏl,” Joongang Ilbo, 6 March 2001, p. 8, in KINDS, www.kinds.or.kr.
[2] 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, www.kinds.or.kr.
[3] Kim Yŏng Bŏn, “Puk Missile Ch’ugabalsa Ch’ŏpbo Ipsu,” Munwha Ilbo, 3 September 1998, p. 1, in KINDS, www.kinds.or.kr.
[4] 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, www.kinds.or.kr.
[5] Chu Yong Chung, “Sajŏng 500km Scud C Missile 200 Ki,” Chosun Ilbo, 29 September 1999, p. 1, in KINDS, www.kinds.or.kr.
[6] Chŏng Kwŏn Hyŏn, “Sajŏng 1300km ‘Nodong 1 Ho’ Missile Puk, Ch’oegŭn Shilchŏnbaech’i,” Chosun Ilbo, 25 October 1999, p. 1, in KINDS, www.kinds.or.kr.
[7] Kwak Min Yŏng, “Pyongyang Antenna/’Puk, Missile Kaebal Chisok,’” Segye Ilbo, 2 November 2000, p. 5, in KINDS, www.kinds.or.kr.
[8] Shin Jae-Yun, “NK Fully Prepared for Biological War,” Korea Times, 29 September 1999, www.koreatimes.co.kr.
[9] Cha Se Hyŏn, “Puk ‘Taepodong 1 Ho’ Kunsajŏk Wihyŏp Ŏlmana,” Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1 September 1998, in NAVER, http://news.naver.com.