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[Chart 1-10] Ranges of North Korean Missiles

SCUD-C 500km Chapter 1
Russia Alaska
SCUD-ER 1,000km
North United States
Korea
Nodong 1,300km Japan

Musudan More than 3,000km
Guam Hawaii

Hwasong-12 5,000km

Hwasong-15 More than 10,000km

Sustainability The Reserve Forces of North Korea is composed of the Re-
serve Military Training Unit, which is subject to combat
mobilization; the workplace-based and regional Worker-Peasant Red Guards; the
Red Youth Guard, which is a military organization in high schools; and paramilitary
units. Those in the age range between 14 and 60 are subject to mobilization, which
correspond to 7,620,000 or roughly 30% of the population. The Reserve Military
Training Unit, which can augment the combat capability of the regular armed
forces during contingency, is 600,000 strong. The unit maintains a level of training

comparable to that of regular armed forces. The status of the reserve forces in North
Korea is shown in [Chart 1-11].

[Chart 1-11] North Korean Reserve Forces

Category Strength Remark
Total Approx. 7.62 million
Reserve Military Equivalent to the ROK’s mobilization reserve forces (men aged 17~50
Training Unit Approx. 600,000 years, unmarried women aged 17~30 years)
Worker-Peasant Approx. 5.7 million Equivalent to the ROK’s local reserve forces (men aged 17~60 years,
Red Guards women aged 17~30 years who are not in the Reserve Military Training Unit)
Red Youth Approx. 1 million Advanced middle-school military organization
Guard (boys and girls aged 14~16 years)
Paramilitary Approx. 320,000 Guard Command, Ministry of Social Security, etc.
units

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