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The '''Taepodong-2''' (TD-2, also spelled as '''Taep'o-dong 2''')[[http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/dprk/missile/td-2.htm North Korea’s Taepodong and Unha Missiles], Federation of American Scientists, May 30, 2008] ({{langx|ko|대포동 2호}}) is a designation used to indicate what was initially believed to be a [[North Korea]]n two- or three-stage [[ballistic missile]][{{cite news | title=FACTBOX: North Korea's Taepodong-2 long-range missile| url= https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE52P03Q20090326| publisher =[[Reuters]]| date=2009-03-25 | access-date=2009-04-08 | first=Jack | last=Kim}}] design that is the successor to the [[Taepodong-1]] technology demonstrator. In 2012, the [[U.S. Department of Defense]] assessed that the Taepodong-2 had not been deployed as a missile.[{{cite report |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA596219.pdf |title=Military and Security Developments Involving the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |publisher=U.S. Department of Defense |year=2012 |access-date=23 May 2013}}] The Taepodong-2 is the technology base for the [[Unha]] space launch vehicle, and was likely not intended as [[Intercontinental ballistic missile|ICBM]] technology.[{{cite news |url=http://38north.org/2015/03/jschilling031215/ |title=Where's That North Korean ICBM Everyone Was Talking About? |author=John Schilling |publisher=U.S.-Korea Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies |work=38 North |date=12 March 2015 |access-date=15 March 2015}}] |
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The '''Taepodong-2''' (TD-2, also spelled as '''Taep'o-dong 2''')[[http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/dprk/missile/td-2.htm North Korea’s Taepodong and Unha Missiles], Federation of American Scientists, May 30, 2008] ({{Korean|hangul=대포동 2호}}) is a designation used to indicate what was initially believed to be a [[North Korea]]n two- or three-stage [[ballistic missile]][{{cite news | title=FACTBOX: North Korea's Taepodong-2 long-range missile| url= https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE52P03Q20090326| publisher =[[Reuters]]| date=2009-03-25 | access-date=2009-04-08 | first=Jack | last=Kim}}] design that is the successor to the [[Taepodong-1]] technology demonstrator. In 2012, the [[U.S. Department of Defense]] assessed that the Taepodong-2 had not been deployed as a missile.[{{cite report |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA596219.pdf |title=Military and Security Developments Involving the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |publisher=U.S. Department of Defense |year=2012 |access-date=23 May 2013}}] The Taepodong-2 is the technology base for the [[Unha]] space launch vehicle, and was likely not intended as [[Intercontinental ballistic missile|ICBM]] technology.[{{cite news |url=http://38north.org/2015/03/jschilling031215/ |title=Where's That North Korean ICBM Everyone Was Talking About? |author=John Schilling |publisher=U.S.-Korea Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies |work=38 North |date=12 March 2015 |access-date=15 March 2015}}] |
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