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unusual facts about Taepodong-2



Aerospace Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution

In recent years, Iranians developed multi-stage Shahab-4(now apparently shelved), and reportedly also Shahab-5 and Shahab-6, which are said to be derivations of North Korean Taepodong.

Chunggang County

It has been reported that a Taepodong missile base was constructed in Chunggang in the early 1990s, and that its missiles are targeted at Okinawa.

Liquid-propellant rocket

nitric acid 73% with dinitrogen tetroxide 27% (=AK27) and kerosene/gasoline mixture (=TM-185) – various Russian (USSR) cold-war ballistic missiles (R-12, Scud-B,-D), Iran: Shahab-5, North Korea: Taepodong-2

Taepodong

Taepodong-1, a North Korean missile tested on August 31, 1998 at Musudan-ri.


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