KN-25

KN-25 is a designation given to a North Korean tactical ballistic missile.

KN-25
TypeShort-range ballistic missile/Multiple rocket launcher
Service history
Used by North Korea
Production history
Designed2019
Specifications
Mass3,000 kg (6,600 lb)
Length8.2 m (27 ft)
Diameter600 mm
Operational
range
380 km (240 mi)

Design

North Korean state media calls the KN-25 as a "super-large" multiple launch rocket system, but the missile's larger size and greater range compared to traditional rocket artillery led the United States Forces Korea (USFK) to categorize it as an SRBM. Missiles are estimated to be 600 mm in diameter, 8.2 meters long, and weigh 3,000 kg; they are mounted on a four-tube wheeled transporter-erector-launcher (TEL). They have an unspecified guidance system and have four fixed rear fins with four moving forward fins. The KN-25 is a battlefield weapon, suitable for deployment at battalion-level to attack enemy rear-echelon targets out to 380 km with a conventional blast-fragmentation warhead.[1][2]

Tests
Date[1] Number fired Range Apogee Notes
25 August 2019 Two 380 km 97 km 17 minute firing interval
10 September 2019 Three 330 km (210 mi) 50-60 km 19 minute firing interval. Partial success, reportedly only two of three left their tubes and one hit its intended target.
31 October 2019 Two 370 km (230 mi) 90 km 3 minute firing interval
28 November 2019 Two 380 km 97 km 30 second firing interval
2 March 2020 Two 240 km (150 mi) 35 km 20 second firing interval

See also

References
  1. KN-25. Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies.
  2. North Korea’s Recent KN-25 Launches. 38 North. 6 March 2020.
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