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title: "Sangnam-ni Missile Operating Base: North Korea Strategic Site Dossier | Save North Korea"
description: "Sangnam-ni Missile Operating Base (Missile & space): Located 250 kilometers north of the DMZ, Sangnam-ni missile operating base is an operational missile base that houses a battalion- or regiment-sized unit equipped with Hwasong-10 (Musudan) intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM). Multiple flight failures of the Musudan missile in 2016 could have also led the KPA Strategic Force to abandon the system and replace it with the more successful Hwasong-12 IRBM."
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# Sangnam-ni Missile Operating Base

Located 250 kilometers north of the DMZ, Sangnam-ni missile operating base is an operational missile base that houses a battalion- or regiment-sized unit equipped with Hwasong-10 (Musudan) intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM). Multiple flight failures of the Musudan missile in 2016 could have also led the KPA Strategic Force to abandon the system and replace it with the more successful Hwasong-12 IRBM.

**Active** status CSIS Beyond Parallel 

**Hochon** South Hamgyong province 

**2019** CSIS report 

Hochon · South Hamgyong

Sangnam-ni Missile Operating Base · 40.8390°N, 128.5417°E [Google Maps ↗](https://www.google.com/maps/@40.838977,128.54165,15z/data=!3m1!1e3) · Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics 

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## Source

- [**CSIS Beyond Parallel** beyondparallel.csis.org ↗ ](https://beyondparallel.csis.org/undeclared-north-korea-sangnam-ni-missile-operating-base/)

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