The Hwasong-11D is a North Korean road-mobile, solid-propellant short-range ballistic missile in the Hwasong-11 family. Open reporting ties it to first flight tests in April 2022, a May 2024 public rollout that highlighted 99 launchers and a claimed autonomous navigation upgrade, and April 2026 warhead testing.
The public record for Hwasong-11D is built around three milestones: an initial 2022 flight test, a larger 2024 rollout with claimed navigation upgrades, and 2026 warhead testing.
| Date | What was reported | Why it stands out |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-04 | First flight tests were reported for Hwasong-11D, with 38 North describing about 110 km range and 25 km apogee. | Shows the missile entered the open record before the 2024 publicity cycle. |
| 2024-05 | North Korea displayed 99 road-mobile launchers and claimed an autonomous navigation system for the improved small solid SRBM. | Marks the system's public rollout and launcher display. |
| 2026-04 | North Korean reporting tied improved Hwasong-11D tests to cluster bomb and fragmentation mine warheads. | Highlights the missile's continuing conventional role. |
Hwasong-11D is treated here as a smaller, later Hwasong-11-family missile rather than as a combat-use duplicate of the KN-23 / KN-24 family page. Direct Ukraine-conflict evidence reviewed for this entry identifies transferred North Korean missiles as Hwasong-11-series, KN-23/Hwasong-11A, or KN-24/Hwasong-11B rather than this exact Hwasong-11D branch.
| Variant | Configuration | Designation notes |
|---|---|---|
 | Baseline Hwasong-11A/B family page | The public KN-23 / KN-24 record covers the Hwasong-11A and Hwasong-11B family members that have direct Ukraine-conflict debris and transfer reporting; Hwasong-11D remains a separate smaller branch with no reviewed direct combat-use source. Sources: North Korea Claims “Autonomous” Guidance and Big Deployments of Its New Small Solid SRBM, Missile Defense Project: KN-23, KN-24 |
 | Larger Hwasong-11C branch | The Hwasong-11C record covers the larger Hwasong-11-derived branch associated with KN-23A/KN-23B external labels, while Hwasong-11D is the smaller launcher-dense branch highlighted in 2024-2026 reporting. Sources: North Korean Short Range Systems, North Korea Claims “Autonomous” Guidance and Big Deployments of Its New Small Solid SRBM |
Hwasong-11D sits in the same broad solid-fuel tactical ballistic missile family as the catalog's KN-23 / KN-24 and Hwasong-11C pages, but the reviewed sources do not tie this exact Hwasong-11D branch to combat use in Ukraine.
| Catalog record | Relationship | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Baseline Hwasong-11A/B family record. | That page carries the direct Ukraine-conflict row because forensic and official reporting identifies KN-23, KN-24, Hwasong-11A/B, or broader Hwasong-11-series missiles in Russian strikes. |
| Larger Hwasong-11 branch. | The separate Hwasong-11C page covers the heavier branch and external KN-23A/KN-23B naming, avoiding a single overbroad Hwasong-11 entry. |
38 North described Hwasong-11D as having its first flight tests in April 2022 and said the early launches showed roughly 110 km of range and a 25 km apogee.
Sources: North Korea Claims “Autonomous” Guidance and Big Deployments of Its New Small Solid SRBM
In May 2024 reporting, North Korea claimed a new autonomous navigation system for the missile and publicly displayed 99 road-mobile launchers; 38 North said the reported range had reached about 300 km.
Sources: North Korea Claims “Autonomous” Guidance and Big Deployments of Its New Small Solid SRBM
38 North's April 2026 analysis said North Korean reporting tied Hwasong-11D to cluster bomb and fragmentation mine warhead tests, reinforcing its conventional role.
Sources: Cluster Warhead Tests Underscore the Important Conventional Role of North Korea’s SRBMs
