{"id":120636,"date":"2026-08-23T11:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T06:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=120636"},"modified":"2026-08-23T14:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T09:23:42","slug":"kn-30-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kn-30-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"KN-30 Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>KN-30 Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia recently received North Korea\u2019s KN-30 ballistic missile for the first time, according to Ukraine\u2019s defence intelligence directorate (HUR).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About KN-30 Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The KN-30 is the <\/span><b>Western designation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for the<\/span><b> North Korean Hwasong-11C ballistic missile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, also known as the <\/span><b>Hwasong-11Da.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>enlarged version of the Hwasong-11 family<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and belongs to the <\/span><b>short-range ballistic missile class.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>KN-30 Missile <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is 10.1 to 10.2 m in length and 1.26 m in diameter.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is powered by a <\/span><b>solid-fuel engine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and launched from a<\/span><b> mobile ground-based launcher.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of<\/span><b> solid-fuel engines <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offers distinct advantages in terms of <\/span><b>faster response times<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>longer storage capacity,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>reduced deployment complexity <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">compared to traditional liquid-fuel missiles.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its estimated <\/span><b>range <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reaches <\/span><b>600-900 km,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its claimed <\/span><b>warhead <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mass reaches <\/span><b>2,500 kg.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maximum speed is approximately Mach 5-6.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile <\/span><b>can fly in a low quasi-ballistic profile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at nearly 50 km in altitude, which<\/span><b> reduces the engagement window <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">compared with a higher and more conventional ballistic trajectory. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/defence\/international\/russia-gets-north-koreas-kn-30-with-claimed-2-5-tonne-warhead-amid-deepening-military-cooperation\/articleshow\/133410172.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KN-30 is the Western designation for the North Korean Hwasong-11C ballistic missile, also known as the Hwasong-11Da.  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