Thursday, June 22, 2017

In South Korea, the development of new interceptor missiles of medium range
On June 17, Yonhap news agency reported that LIG Nex1 and the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) announced the successful completion of testing of Cheongung missiles and the beginning of their mass production.

The guided Cheongung missile can hit ballistic targets at altitudes above 20 km. The missile was developed within the framework of the M-SAM project and will become one of the main elements of the Korea Air and Missile Defense System (KAMD).

Serial production of new missiles officially starts already in the near future, and by 2019, the Ministry of Defense of South Korea intends to conduct their full deployment. The KAMD system, covering all types of air threats, should be fully profitable in the early 2020s.

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