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Ballistic Missiles of North Korea

This is a child group of Ballistic Missiles, collecting the Missiles And Guided Munitions subcategory's ballistic missiles developed by North Korea: the extensive Hwasong family spanning the short-range Hwasong-10 and Hwasong-11 variants, including the Hwasong-11A also carried under the United States military's own KN-23 reporting designation, through the intercontinental-range Hwasong-15, Hwasong-17, Hwasong-18 and Hwasong-20 systems disclosed in the past decade. With 11 attested members this traces North Korea's own rapid ballistic missile development from short-range tactical systems to intercontinental-range designs within a single generation.

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Era of Emergence
1984 1
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1. Wikipedia: Hwasong-5
WikipediaHwasong-5, History section
Quote, Hwasong-5, History section
There were up to six test launches from April to September 1984 with three successes. The missile entered production in 1985.
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