Export Partners
These are countries which allegedly operate North Korean ballistic missiles, allegedly bought such or received assistance for establishing local production.
- Pakistan
- North Korean entities continued to provide assistance to Pakistan's ballistic missile program during the first half of 1999 in return for nuclear weapons technology . Such assistance is critical for Islamabad's efforts to produce ballistic missiles. In April 1998, Pakistan flight-tested the Ghauri MRBM, which is based on North Korea's Nodong missile. Also in April 1998, the U.S. imposed sanctions against Pakistani and North Korean entities for their role in transferring Missile Technology Control Regime Category I ballistic missile-related technology.
- Cuba
- No confirmed information for North Korea shipping Hwasong-6 missiles to Cuba.
- Egypt
- Egypt has received technologies and assistance for making both the Hwasong-5 and Hwasong-6, and may have as well provided guidance systems or information on longer-range missiles to North Korea from its Condor program.
- Ethiopia
- Unconfirmed information for possessing Hwasong-5 missiles.
- Iran
- One of the first buyers of North Korean missiles. Iran has established local production for the Hwasong-5 (Shahab-1), Hwasong-6 (Shahab-2) and the Rodong-1 (Shahab-3). Also possesses some 18 land-based BM25 missiles. North Korean weapons sales to Iran are estimated to total $2 billion annually.
- Libya
- Libya during the reign of Muammar Gaddafi had been known to receive technological assistance, blueprints and missile parts from North Korea.
- Nigeria
- In January 2004, the Nigerian government announced that North Korea agreed to sell its missile technology, but a month later Nigeria rejected the agreement under U.S. pressure.
- Republic of the Congo
- There is some (although unconfirmed) information, that the Republic of the Congo has acquired Hwasong-5 missiles.
- Sudan
- There is some information that Syria shipped some of its North Korean designed Scud missiles to Sudan in 2004.
- Syria
- Uses two types of North Korean missiles – the Hwasong-6 and Rodong-1.
- United Arab Emirates
- 25 Hwasong-5s purchased from North Korea in 1989. The Military of the United Arab Emirates were not satisfied with the quality of the missiles, and they were kept in storage.
- Vietnam
- Acquired Hwasong-5/6 missiles in 1998.
- Yemen
- Known to have bought Hwasong-5 missiles from the DPRK in the 1990s – a total of 15 missiles, 15 TELs with 15 HE warheads.
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