Pukguksong-3

The Pukguksong-3, which the United States designates KN-26, is a North Korean submarine-launched ballistic missile. North Korea implied that the programme existed in 2017, when it showed a diagram of the missile and new solid-fueled rocket motors at its Chemical Materials Institute in Hamhung, and it fired the missile for the first time on 2 October 2019 near Wonsan. That test sent it to a range of about 450 km and an apogee near 910 km, and the missile came down in Japan's exclusive economic zone near Shimane Prefecture. It is a two-stage, solid-fueled weapon with a cold-launch system that ejects the rear engine cover after the missile surfaces. Analysts estimate its length at 7.8 to 8.3 metres, its diameter at about 1.5 metres and its range at roughly 1,900 km. It follows the Pukguksong-1 and Pukguksong-2. It is believed to be intended for the Sinpo-class submarine or its derivatives, but the missile's service status, and how mature the submarine programme is, remain uncertain.