North Korea's Pongae-5 anti-air missile: What do we know?



Analysis North Korea’s Pongae-5 anti-air missile: What do we know? Overshadowed by a missile test, the introduction of potent new air defense system is a significant domestic achievement Joost Oliemans \| Stijn Mitzer June 2, 2017 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON KCNA In a month filled with missile tests that are certain to have a profound impact on the strategic balance of the Korean peninsula, Kim Jong Un attended what is claimed to be the final testing of an advanced new air defence system that is now ready to enter full-scale production and service with the Korean People’s Army Air and Anti-Air Defence Forces. The new design, which is heavily based on the infamous Russian S-300PMU Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) system, appears to have been produced almost entirely indigenously, despite the hard to master technologies it utilizes.[/p Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01How Assad’s downfall could expose secrets of North Korea-Syria military ties 02All the companies that participated in the Pyongyang Autumn Trade Fair 2024 03No Chinese firms joined North Korea’s latest trade fair dominated by Russia 04What defectors’ exam scores reveal about the quality of North Korean health care 05North Korean Il-76 cargo planes make rare flights to northeast coast 06From aid to academia: The status of foreign organizations in North Korea 07North Korea expanding rail access to airport near Wonsan mega resort: Imagery 08Assad’s fall deprives North Korea of a fellow pariah, but its focus is elsewhere

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North Korea’s Pongae-5 anti-air missile: What do we know?

Overshadowed by a missile test, the introduction of potent new air defense system is a significant domestic achievement

Joost Oliemans | Stijn Mitzer June 2, 2017

North Korea’s Pongae-5 anti-air missile: What do we know?

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In a month filled with missile tests that are certain to have a profound impact on the strategic balance of the Korean peninsula, Kim Jong Un attended what is claimed to be the final testing of an advanced new air defence system that is now ready to enter full-scale production and service with the Korean People’s Army Air and Anti-Air Defence Forces.

The new design, which is heavily based on the infamous Russian S-300PMU Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) system, appears to have been produced almost entirely indigenously, despite the hard to master technologies it utilizes.[/p

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