Padasuri-6
The Padasuri-6 is a North Korean anti-ship missile.
Description
Padasuri-6 is a further development of Kumsong-3, a copy from the Soviet Union's Kh-35.The missile uses a solid-fueled booster. It also uses a infrared terminal seeker and an active radar homing warhead. The body and payload mass are estimated to be and respectively. Padasuri-6 can achieve a maximum speed of.
Padasuri-6's range is alleged to be around. According to observers, it is likely that during the modernization process, the Padasuri-6 has a longer range, a better guidance system or a more powerful warhead than the Russian missile. It is also possible that Padasuri-6 used components from United States and Europe to achieve this.
Each tracked transporter erector launcher has eight launch tubes, for eight Padasuri-6 missiles.
History
In a military parade on 10 October 2020, North Korea unveiled an unnamed, new anti-ship missile system. Each tracked TEL had eight launch tubes.North Korea first test-fired this system on 14 February 2024 and revealed its official name as Padasuri-6. After the test, it was revealed that Padasuri-6 was previously unveiled during military parades other than the 2020 parade.