1993 North Korean missile test

[1] Japanese and United States officials waited a few days before disclosing the launch of the missile.

It began in March 1993, with North Korea receiving several shipments of "special metals" designated for the construction of missile launch pads.

North Korea later pledged not to use Russian scientists and technicians, after being threatened with cut diplomatic ties by Russia.

In January of that year, the commander of the Iranian Revolution Guard Corps, Mohsen Rezaee, went to Pyongyang to finalize a 2.7 billion dollar purchase of around 300 Scud missiles from North Korea.

[2] Around the same time, the Iranian delegation came to watch the final Nodong-1 tests and North Korea announced its withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.