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.
| Taepo-dong-2 |
Date |
Range (km) |
Payload (kg) |
Status |
Origin |
| (a) Federation of American Scientists |
10/ 2/ 2001 |
3500
4300 |
1000
700 |
develop-ment |
DPRK |
| (b) Bermudez |
1999 |
6000
6700 |
1000
500 |
tested |
DPRK |
| (c) Reference Guide to World Missile Systems |
2000 |
6700
6700* |
1000
1500 |
tested |
DPRK |
| (d) Jane's Online |
11/ 12/ 2001 |
6000
9000 |
750
750* |
tested |
DPRK |
| (e) Missile Systems of the World |
1999 |
3500 |
1500 |
tested |
DPRK |
| (f) Carnegie Endowment Int'l for Peace |
9/ 24/ 2001 |
3500
5500 |
1000
1000* |
develop-ment |
indigenous |
| (g) Arms Control Association |
10/ 1/ 2001 |
5000
6000 |
1000
1000* |
develop-ment |
domestic |
| (h) Wisconsin Project |
11/ 28/ 2001 |
3500 |
1000 |
develop-ment |
DPRK |
| (I) Centre for Defence & Int'l Sec. Studies |
11/ 28/ 2001 |
4000
6000 |
1000
1000* |
develop-ment |
domestic |
| (j) Council to Reduce Nuclear Dangers |
10/ 1/ 2001 |
3500 |
1000 |
develop-ment |
indigenous/ China |
| (k) The Ballistic Missile Threat Handbook |
6/ 22/ 1995 |
6000
6000* |
750
1000 |
late develop-ment |
North Korea |
| (l) SAFE Foundation |
11/ 28/ 2001 |
5470.6 |
1000 |
develop-ment |
domestic | * number inferred; not enough information available to make reliable estimate.
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Updated April 2003 |
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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.ceip.org/files/projects/npp/
resources/ballisticmissilechart.htm>
(g) <http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/gbmp.asp?print>
(h) <http://www.wisconsinproject.org/countries/
nkorea/missile2000.htm>
(I) <http://www.cdiss.org/btablea2.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>
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