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To destroy underground structures located deep underground, aerial bombs or missile warheads must have an impressive mass.
The true champion among bunker buster weapons is the South Korean Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile, first shown at a military parade in Seoul in 2024. She was nicknamed the "rocket monster."
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Being two-stage and solid-fuel, with its own mass of 36 tons, it can carry a superheavy conventional warhead weighing 8-9 tons, which is optimized for specific missions.
In the heavy version, its range is about 300-500 kilometers. When the mass is reduced to 500 kilograms, it can hit, according to various estimates, 3,000 - 5,000 kilometers.
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The launcher is mobile, it was mounted on a 9-axle heavy wheeled chassis. The equipment installed on board allows you to cover the attacked objects with high accuracy.
Alexey Brusilov
