Pukkuksong-1
| Korean name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 북극성1호 |
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| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Bukgeukseong-1 |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pukkuksong-1 |
| Pukkuksong-1 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile |
| Place of origin | North Korea |
| Service history | |
| In service |
2016 / 2017 (South Korea estimates) 2018 (US estimates) |
| Used by | North Korea |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | North Korea |
| Produced | 2015 (First known test year) |
| Variants | Land-based Mobile Intermediate-range ballistic missile (Pukguksong-2) |
| Specifications | |
| Warhead | nuclear |
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| Engine | Solid fuel rocket |
| Propellant | Unknown |
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Operational
range |
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Launch
platform |
Sinpo-class submarine |
2016 / 2017 (South Korea estimates)
The Pukkuksong-1 (choshongul 북극성1호 (or 북한명 북극성 , Hwasong-10 화성10호 ) hanja 北極星1号), which has alternative name of KN-11 by intelligence outside of North Korea, Polaris-1 (Which is the English name translated from the original Korean name, which means North Star) or Bukgeukseong-1, is a North Korean submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) that has been successfully flight tested on 24 August 2016 and expected for operational deployment at as early as 2017 by South Korean military sources.
Pukkuksong-1 is officially recognized as a missile that went through a complete successful test on 24 Aug 2016 by South Korea, the United States, and North Korea. North Korea has never announced the actual operational range and payload as this technical information is probably considered classified. Most countries do this, e.g. the United States considers the exact operational range of its current SLBM, UGM-133 Trident II, as classified information as well.
Washington Free Beacon concludes that the undated footage from KCNA refers to this test.
The other report points that the footage from KCNA was manipulated which exaggerates their current progress in Pukkuksong-1 and also that this launch is done by a submersible barge, not a Sinpo-class submarine. The missile did not fly far as well.
South Korean officials later stated it was an "ejection test" to evaluate ejecting a submerged ballistic missile rather than a full test of a new missile system, and that the test missile seemed to have been launched from a submerged barge rather than a submarine.
However, U.S. and South Korean officials pointed out that the missile was fired from an underwater barge rather than a submarine, and that it flew only 100 meters above the water.
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