[piasa]

N. Korea Missile Techie Defector Reveals His Clandestine Biz Trips to a "Mideast Country"

[Fedora]

Thanks--hadn't seen that one.

Here's a link I was trying to remember before that's worth reading:

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A History of Ballistic Missile Development in the DPRK

Joseph S. Bermudez Jr.

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CONTENTS

Copyright © Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., 1999.

Foreword

by Timothy V. McCarthy

Introduction

Early Developments, 1960-1979

PRC Assistance

Establishment of a Ballistic Missile Program

FROG-5 (Luna-2) and FROG-7B (Luna-M)

HQ-2/SA-2 Surface-to-Surface Missile (SSM)

DF-61

Other Missile Systems

First Ballistic Missiles, 1979-1989

R-17E (a.k.a., Scud B)

Hwasong 5 Prototype (a.k.a., Scud Mod. A)

Hwasong 5 (a.k.a., Scud Mod. B, Scud B)

Foreign Assistance and Cooperation

Other Missile-Related Developments

Longer Range Designs, 1989-Present

Reorganization of the Missile Program

Hwasong 6 (a.k.a. Scud Mod. C, Scud C, Scud PIP)

Foreign Developments

No-dong (a.k.a., No-dong 1, Rodong 1, Scud Mod. D, Scud D)

Pakistan’s Ghauri (Hatf V) and Ghauri 2

Iran’s Shebab 3

Egypt, Libya, and Syria

Taep’o-dong 1 (a.k.a., No-dong 2, Rodong 2, Scud Mod. E, Scud X),

Taep’o-dong 1 SLV, Taep’o-dong 2 (a.k.a., No-dong 3)

Other Missile Systems

Conclusion (and Notes)