North Korea's Missiles

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A North Korean missile unit takes part in a military parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army
in Pyongyang, April 25, 2007. REUTERS/Korea News Service

The Unha-3 Milky Way 3 rocket launches at North Korea's West Sea Satellite Launch Site, in Cholsan county,
North Pyongan province, December 13, 2012. REUTERS/KCNA

Engineers check the base of Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket sitting on a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, during a guided media tour
by North Korean authorities in the northwest of Pyongyang, April 8, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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A Taepodong-2 rocket is seen after being launched from the North Korean rocket launch facility in Musudan Ri, April 5, 2009.
REUTERS/KCNA

A rocket is carried by a military vehicle during a military parade to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Kim Il-sung
in Pyongyang, April 15, 2012. REUTERS/KCNA

North Korean scientists work as a screen shows the Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket being launched from a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site,
at the satellite control center in Cholsan county, December 12, 2012. REUTERS/KCNA

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A satellite image of the North Korean missile launch facility at Musudan-Ri taken on April 5, 2009. The image was taken about a half hour before a launch
and shows a white missile in clear view on the launch pad. REUTERS/GeoEye Satellite Image

A North Korean soldier films military vehicles carrying missiles during a parade to commemorate the 65th anniversary of founding of the Workers' Party
of Korea in Pyongyang, October 10, 2010. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic

A North Korean scientist looks at a monitor showing the Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket on a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, at the satellite control centre
of the Korean Committee of Space Technology on the outskirts of Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un smokes a cigarette at the General Satellite Control and Command Center after the launch of the Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket carrying the second version
of Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite at West Sea Satellite Launch Site in Cholsan county, North Pyongan province, December 12, 2012. REUTERS/KCNA

A video grab from KCNA shows the Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket launching at the North Korea's West Sea Satellite Launch Site, at the satellite control centre in Cholsan county,
North Pyongan province in this video released by KCNA in Pyongyang, December 13, 2012. REUTERS/KCNA

A rocket is carried by a military vehicle during a military parade to celebrate the centenary of the birth of North Korea's founder Kim Il-sung
in Pyongyang, April 15, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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A soldier stands guard in front of the Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket sitting on a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, during a guided media tour by
North Korean authorities in the northwest of Pyongyang, April 8, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

A Taepodong-2 rocket is seen being launched from the North Korean rocket launch facility in Musudan Ri, April 5, 2009.
REUTERS/KRT via Reuters TV

A satellite image of the North Korean missile launch facility at Musudan-Ri, April 5, 2009.
REUTERS/GeoEye Satellite Image


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A video grab from KCNA shows the Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket launching at the North Korea's West Sea Satellite Launch Site,
at the satellite control centre in Cholsan county, December 13, 2012. REUTERS/KCNA

A military vehicle carries a missile past late leader Kim-il Sung's portrait during a parade to commemorate the 65th anniversary of founding
of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, October 10, 2010. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic

A Taepodong-2 rocket is seen being launched from the North Korean rocket launch facility in Musudan Ri, April 5, 2009.
REUTERS/KRT via Reuters TV

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A Taepodong-2 rocket is seen being launched from the North Korean rocket launch facility in Musudan Ri, April 5, 2009.
REUTERS/KRT via Reuters TV

The Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket carrying the second version of Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite, is launched at West Sea Satellite Launch Site
in Cholsan county, North Pyongan province, December 12, 2012. REUTERS/KCNA

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In December launch North Korea has proven cynics wrong and shown that it can successfully deploy a three-stage ICBM

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Rockets are carried by military vehicles during a military parade to celebrate the centenary of the birth of North Korea's founder Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang on 15 April, 2012,
in this picture released by the North's KCNA news agency - REUTERS/KCNA

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A North Korean vehicle carrying what appears to be a new missile is seen during a mass military parade April 15 at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang.
(Ng Han Guan / The Associated Press)

A North Korean vehicle carrying a missile passes by during a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.

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Musudan
Range: 2,500 – 4,000km (1,550 – 2,500 miles)
Length: 12m
Diameter: 1.5m
Weight: 12,000kg
Engine: Liquid
Guiding System: Inertial Navigating System


Sat Tracks North Korean Missile Build-Up

By Noah Shachtman
03.30.09
9:44 AM

Thanks to satellite imagery firm DigitalGlobe, we not only have the clearest pictures yet of North Korea’s about-to-be-launched missile. We’ve also got an eye-in-the-sky pictorial history of how the Musudan-Ri missile test site has been built up, to prepare for the lift-off. The presentation, completed late last week, shows troops marching in formation around the missile assembly building, vehicles delivering materials to the launch pad — as well as rennovations and new additions to the missile assembly facility.

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Musudan rocket set up

The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) sent out a picture of North Korea’s Taepodong 2 missile sitting on the launch pad at Musudan-ri. According to their email:

ISIS has obtained commercial satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe taken at approximately 11:00 AM local time on March 29, 2009 of the Musudan-ri missile site in North Korea. The missile is clearly visible in this image. It is also casting a shadow that is clearly differentiated from the missile launch gantry. According to news reports, the missile was installed on or after Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Since the missile is so easily seen in this image versus in imagery over the past several days since March 24 , it is likely that North Korea was previously shrouding the missile.