Hwasong-10
| Hwasong-10 (Musudan) | |
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| Type | Ballistic missile, Mobile IRBM |
| Service history | |
| In service | Successful test on 22 June 2016 |
| Used by | North Korea, possibly Iran |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | North Korea |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 12m |
| Diameter | 1.5m |
| Warhead |
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| Warhead weight | 1,000–1,250 kg (est.) |
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| Engine | Liquid (same or derived from R-27 R-29) |
| Propellant | Hypergolic combination of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) as fuel, and nitrogen tetroxide (NTO) as oxidizer |
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Operational
range |
2,500–4,000 km (est.) |
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Guidance
system |
Inertial |
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Launch
platform |
MAZ-based vehicle |
| Korean name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 화성 10 |
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| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Hwasong-10 |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hwasong-10 |
The Hwasong-10 (Chosŏn'gŭl: 화성 10; hancha: 火星 10), also known by the names BM-25 and Musudan (Chosŏn'gŭl: 무수단; Hancha: 舞水端), is a mobile intermediate-range ballistic missile developed by North Korea. Hwasong-10 was first revealed to the international community in a military parade on 10 October 2010 celebrating the Korean Worker's Party's 65th anniversary, although experts believe these were mock-ups of the missile. Hwasong-10 resembles the shape of the Soviet Union's R-27 Zyb submarine-launched missile, but is slightly longer.
In the mid-1990s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, North Korea invited the Makeyev Design Bureau's ballistic missile designers and engineers to develop this missile, based on the R-27 Zyb.
It was decided that, as the Korean People's Army's MAZ-547A/MAZ-7916 Transporter erector launcher could carry 20 tonnes, and the R-27 Zyb was only 14.2 tonnes, the R-27 Zyb's fuel/oxidizer tank could be extended by approximately 2 metres. Additionally, the warhead was reduced from a three-warhead MIRV to a single warhead.
The actual rocket design is a liquid fuel rocket, generally believed to use a hypergolic combination of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) as fuel, and nitrogen tetroxide (NTO) as oxidizer. Once the fuel/oxidizer combination are fed into the missile, it could maintain a 'ready to launch' condition for several days, or even weeks, like the R-27 SLBM, in moderate ambient temperatures. A fueled Hwasong-10 would not have the structural strength to be safely land transported, so would have to be fueled at the launch site.
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