ABSTRACT
An increasing number of developing countries are missile-capable due to their independent development of a space booster rocket capability. Many others have a long run missile option in train due to their burgeoning modernization and industrialization. This chapter examines the missile-related capabilities of both Koreas (South Korea and North Korea). It describes the role of imports or transfers from allies to endow them with initial capacities. To be "ballistic," the missile must arrive by following "gravity's rainbow" rather than under its own power. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) electronics capabilities are primitive, in spite of acquisition of a UN Development Program-supported integrated circuit factory known as the Pyongyang Semiconductor Manufacturing Factory. The DPRK missile program began with shorter range ballistic weapons such as artillery shells and multiple rocket launchers, progressing on to longer range and more potent surface-to-surface missiles and surface-to-air missiles.
