{
  "id": "north-korea-delivery-systems",
  "name": "North Korean nuclear delivery systems",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "nuclear",
  "country": "PRK",
  "category": "Nuclear force component",
  "status": "active",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [
    "PRK"
  ],
  "summary": "Missile forces believed to carry North Korea's estimated 50 assembled warheads, mostly on medium-range missiles.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "delivery",
      "v": "Hwasong-11 family SRBMs (KN-23/24/25); Hwasong-12 IRBM; Hwasong-15, -17 and -18 ICBMs; Pukguksong SLBMs; Hwasal-1/-2 cruise missiles",
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-prk-2024"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "platforms",
      "v": "Hero Kim Kun Ok (No. 841) submarine, commissioned September 2023, up to 10 missiles",
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-prk-2024"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "nuclear",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "change": "Entry created from North Korean nuclear weapons, 2024 (FAS Nuclear Notebook)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/north-korea-delivery-systems.html",
  "sources": {
    "fas-nn-prk-2024": {
      "title": "North Korean nuclear weapons, 2024",
      "publisher": "Federation of American Scientists Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists",
      "url": "https://thebulletin.org/premium/2024-07/north-korean-nuclear-weapons-2024/",
      "published": "2024-07-15",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}