The Hwasong-13, called the KN-08 by the United States and, in a modified form, the KN-14, was an experimental North Korean road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile. North Korea first displayed it in a parade on April 15, 2012, and showed the modified variant on October 10, 2015. The liquid-fueled missile was about 17 meters long and 1.5 to 2 meters in diameter, with an estimated range of 8,000 to 10,000 kilometers. It was never flight-tested, and analysts have disagreed about whether it was ever more than a nonworking mockup or an unreliable prototype shown as an aspirational nuclear delivery system. Its propulsion reportedly used the Soviet-made 4D10 rocket motor, and the research behind it possibly contributed to the later Hwasong-14 and Hwasong-15 missiles. Both variants stopped appearing in public parades after those missiles were introduced, and it is likely that North Korea has abandoned further development of the design.
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was an experimental North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile
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The Hwasong-13 (Korean: 《화성-13》형; lit. 'Mars Type 13') was an experimental North Korean road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) project.
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