Other names: Yongnim-ŭp Underground Missile Base, Yongrim-ŭp Missile Base, Ryongrimup Missile Base, Ryongnim-kun Missile Base
Location: Yongnim-ŭp (龍林邑), Yongnim-kun (龍林郡), Chagang Province (慈江道), North Korea
Subordinate to: Missile Division (미사일 師團), Ministry of the People's Armed Forces (人民武力省), National Defense Commission (國防委員會)
Primary Function: Deployment and launch of ballistic missiles
Description: Reports of missile base construction in Yongnim-kun first became public in July 1999. Considering Yongnim-kun's location, the base is almost certainly designed for the Nodong, Paektusan-1 and/or the Taepodong-2. According to a South Korea military source, construction on this base had begun by 1994. About 60 to 80% of the construction had been completed by March 2001.
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Key Sources:
Kim Do Hyŏng, "Puk Missile Palsajunbi Sokto'nŭtch'wŏ," Hankyoreh Shinmun, 8 July 1999, p. 2, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr/>; Han Kyŏng Hun, "Pukhan Missile Ŏdi'e Sumgyŏ Twŏnna/Chung Chŏpkyŏngjiyŏk Tŭng 10 Kos'e Palsagiji," Segye Ilbo, 7 August 1999, p. 5, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr/>; "Buk, Hwangbuk Tŏ'gol Tŭng 6 Kot Scud Missile Kiji Kongsa," Yonhap News Agency, 26 October 1999, <http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr>; Hwang Yang Jun, [Kundangguk] "'Puk Sagŏri 550km Missile Kiji 6 Kot Kŏnsŏlchung'," Hankook Ilbo, 27 October 1999, p. 1, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr/>; Yu Yong Wŏn, "Puk, Hubang Chihagiji 3 Kot Kŏnsŏldŭng Pimilchŭnggang Kyesok," Chosun Ilbo, 2 March 2001, <http://www.chosun.com/>; "Puk Missile Chŭnggangbaech'i Chinghu Opda," Chosun Ilbo, 2 March 2001, <http://www.chosun.com/>; Yu Yong Wŏn, "Nodong 1 Ho Missile Puk, 100 Yŏbal Paech'i/Mi, Shimgakhan Uryŏ P'yo'myŏng," Chosun Ilbo, 2 March 2001, p. 1, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr/>; Kim Min Sŏk, "Pukhan Missile Kiji Kyesok Chŭngsŏl," Joongang Ilbo, 6 March 2001, <http://www.joins.com/>.
