2014 North Korean missile tests
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The 2014 North Korean missile tests were a series of North Korean missile tests in 2014.
The Hwasong-7 (sometimes referred as Nodong-1 or Nodong in South Korea) is a single stage, mobile liquid propellant medium range ballistic missile developed by North Korea. Developed in the mid-1980s, it is an adaptation of the Soviet SS-1, more commonly known by its NATO reporting name "Scud".
It is believed North Korea obtained Scud-B designs from Egypt and possibly Scud-C designs from China, and reverse-engineered them into a larger, longer-distance weapon dubbed the Rodong. United States reconnaissance satellites first detected this type in May 1990 at the Musudan-ri test launch facility.[1]
The precise capabilities and specifications of the missile are unknown; even the fact of its production and deployment are controversial.[2] Rodong-1 technology has been exported. Variants are believed to be the basis for Iran's Shahab-3 and Pakistan's Ghauri missiles.[3]