KN-02 Toksa

The Hwasong-11, known by the US designation KN-02 and the alternate name Toksa (Korean for viper), is a North Korean short-range ballistic missile based on the Soviet OTR-21 Tochka. It is North Korea's first solid-fuelled missile and carries a single non-nuclear warhead: high explosive, submunition or chemical, according to the CSIS Missile Threat project. Reported range grew from about 120 kilometres to 170 kilometres in later versions, with an IISS report giving 140 kilometres in 2021, and accuracy is estimated near 100 metres. The missile is road-mobile on a transporter erector launcher built on a commercial MAZ truck. North Korea and Syria exchanged missile technology in the 1990s, including OTR-21 examples. The first test in April 2004 failed, the missile reached initial operating capability between 2006 and 2008, and it appeared at the 2007 Military Foundation Day parade. The article records it as in service from 2008, with some missiles in the Korean People's Army inventory as of 2024.