This table lists performance estimates provided by some other organizations and authors. Assessing missile performance is difficult, especially since much of the relevant technical data is classified; hence, some of these estimates vary significantly.
| Paek-tusan-1 (Taepo-dong-1) |
Date |
Range (km) |
Payload (kg) |
Status |
Quantity |
Origin |
| (a) Federation of American Scientists |
10/ 23/ 2001 |
2000
2200 |
1000
700 |
tested |
|
DPRK |
| (b) Bermudez |
1999 |
1500
2500 |
1500
700 |
|
1 to 10 |
DPRK |
| (c) Reference Guide to World Missile Systems |
2000 |
2500
2500* |
1000
1500 |
|
|
DPRK |
| (d) Jane's Online |
11/ 28/ 2001 |
2000 |
1000 |
tested |
10 to 20 |
DPRK |
| (e) Missile Systems of the World |
1999 |
2000 |
1000 |
tested |
|
DPRK |
| (f) Centre for Defence & Int'l Sec. Studies |
11/ 28/ 2001 |
2000 |
1000 |
tested |
|
DPRK |
| (g) Wisconsin Project |
11/ 28/ 2001 |
2000 |
1000 |
tested |
|
DPRK |
| (h) Arms Control Association |
10/ 1/ 2001 |
2000 |
1000 |
tested |
|
dom-estic |
| (I) Carnegie Endowment for Int'l Peace |
9/ 24/ 2001 |
1500
2000 |
1000
1000* |
tested |
|
indig-enous |
| (j) Council to Reduce Nuclear Dangers |
10/ 1/ 2001 |
2000 |
1000 |
dev-elop-ment |
|
indig-enous |
| (k) Ballistic Missile Threat Handbook |
2000 |
2000
4000 |
1000
1000* |
tested |
|
North Korea |
| (l) SAFE Foundation |
12/ 17/ 2001 |
1200 |
1000 |
tested |
|
DPRK |
*Number inferred; not enough information available to make reliable estimate.
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| |
Updated April 2003 |
|
Key Sources:
(a) <http://www.fas.org/>
(b) Joseph S. Bermudez, "A History of Ballistic Missile Development in the DPRK," Center for Nonproliferation Studies Occasional Paper #2, 1999, pp. 11-12, 27, <http://cns.miis.edu/>
(c) Hajime Ozu, Reference Guide to World Missile Systems (Tokyo: Shinkigensha Inc., 2000), pp. 64-65.
(d) <http://www.janes.com/>
(e) Missile Systems of the World, (Bremerton, WA: AMI international, 1999), p. 462.
(f) <http://www.cdiss.org/btablea2.htm>
(g) <http://www.wisconsinproject.org/countries/nkorea/missile2000.htm
missile2000.htm>
(h) <http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/gbmp.asp?print>
(I) <http://www.ceip.org/files/projects/npp/resources/ballisticmissilechart.htm
ballisticmissilechart.htm>
(j) <http://www.clw.org/coalition/appndxe.htm>
(k) Jack Spencer, The Ballistic Missile Threat Handbook (Washington, DC: Heritage Foundation, 2000).
(l) <http://www.safefoundation.org/moreinfo/nkorea_missile.html
nkorea_missile.html>
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