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Hyunmoo

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Hyunmoo is a series of South Korean ballistic and cruise missiles developed by the Agency for Defense Development and built by Hanwha and, for the cruise missile variants, LIG Nex1 Defense and Aerospace, in service from 1987 to the present. The original Hyunmoo-1, a short-range ballistic missile with a range of about 180 kilometers retired in 2018, descended from the American 1960s Nike Hercules missile system, while later generations represent increasingly capable indigenous designs: the Hyunmoo-2 series extends range to 300 to 800 kilometers, the Hyunmoo-3 series is a family of cruise missiles reaching 500 to 1,500 kilometers, the Hyunmoo-4 is a heavy-payload bunker-busting variant with a submarine-launched Hyunmoo-4.4 version, and the Hyunmoo-5 is the latest ultra-heavy bunker-buster with a reported range of 3,000 kilometers and an eight-ton warhead, aimed partly at hardened underground facilities in North Korea. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Weapon Class
Surface-to-surface ballistic missile 1
Introduced Year
1987 1
Classification
Service Status
Retired 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Guided Missile 1
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1. Wikipedia: Hyunmoo
  • Infobox, Type
    Surface-to-surface ballistic missile
  • Hyunmoo-1 section
    has been deployed to the ROK Armed Forces from 1987.
  • service status
    The original Hyunmoo-1, a short-range ballistic missile with a range of about 180 kilometers retired in 2018, descended from the American 1960s Nike Hercules missile system, while later generations represent increasingly capable indigenous designs: the Hyunmoo-2 series extends range to 300 to 800 kilometers, the Hyunmoo-3 series is a family of cruise missiles reaching 500 to 1,500 kilometers, the Hyunmoo-4 is a heavy-payload bunker-busting variant with a submarine-launched Hyunmoo-4
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Wikidata: Hyunmoo
Wikidata Q20897760, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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