South Korea Unveils Hyunmoo-5 Conventional Ballistic Missile

Hyunmoo-5

Hyunmoo-5 is moved by an 18-wheel transporter erector launcher.

Credit: Kim Minseok/Aviation Week Network
SEOUL—The South Korean military has publicly unveiled the Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile which it claims is the world’s largest ballistic missile armed with a conventional warhead. The missile was showcased at the country’s Armed Forces Day on Oct. 1. Seoul says Hyunmoo-5 has a range of more than 300...
Kim Minseok

Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.

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