Other names: Ok’pyŏng-nodongjagu Underground Missile Base, Ok’pyŏng-nodongjagu Underground Nodong Base, Okpyong-nodojagu Missile Base, Ok-pyŏng Rodongja-ku, Ok-pyŏng Base, Okpyeong Missile Base, Munch’ŏn Missile Base, Munchon Missile Base, Muncheon Missile Base
Location: Okp’yŏng-dong (玉坪洞), Munch’ŏn (文川市), Kangwŏn Province (江原道), 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 missiles, probably Nodongs
Description: North Korea began construction of the Okp’yŏng-dong Missile Base in 1991. According to North Korean defector Im Yŏng Sŏn, US military bases in Japan and Guam are within the range of the missiles at the Okp’yŏng-dong Missile Base. South Korean military officials and some analysts suspect this base is an underground Nodong missile facility.
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Updated August 2003 |
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Key Sources:
“‘Pukhan, Yŏngbyŏn’sŏ Chiha Haekshilhŏm’/Changgŏri Missile Kiji Sugot Kŏnsŏl,” Taehan Maeil, 25 August 1993, p. 22, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr>; Kim Hong Jin, “Guam-Il Tŭng Migun’gong’gyŏk Missile Kiji/Puk, 2 Kot Wan’gong 2 Kot Kŏnsŏlchung,” Chosun Ilbo, 25 August 1993, <http://www.chosun.com>; Kwŏn Sun Hwal, “Tokyo Shinmun, ‘Puk Missile Kiji Kŭkpi Hwakch’ung’,” Donga Ilbo, 8 September 1998, <http://www.donga.com>; “North Korea Updates Taepo Dong Launch Pad,” Jane’s Missiles & Rockets, Vol. 5, No. 7, July 2001, p. 2.
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