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South Korea’s next Defense Minister Expresses Reservations on CVX program
South Korea’s next Minister of National Defense expressed reservations about the CVX aircraft carrier program…
2 May 2022
South Korea’s next Minister of National Defense expressed reservations about the CVX aircraft carrier program…
The Republic of Korea (ROK) will acquire Raytheon’s Standard Missile (SM)-6 for its upcoming KDX III Batch II destroyers. Also known as RIM-174 Standard Extended Range Active Missile (ERAM), the SM-6 can perform AAW, BMD and ASuW missions…
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced that it held the keel laying ceremony for the first ship of the new Ulsan-class of frigates.
The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) conducted a second successful test-firing of South Korea’s domestically designed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the KSS-III submarine ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho (SS-083)
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) officially approved the “Ship-to-air Guided Missile-II” program for KDDX destroyers…
The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy test-fired a Haeseong II ship-launched supersonic land-attack cruise missile following the ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) launch by North Korea on March 24.
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) launched the eighth FFX Batch-II (Daegu-class) frigate, the ROKS Chuncheon, on March 22, local time, in its Ulsan shipyard.
A day before the Korean presidential election, the ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) told the press that at 9:30 a.m. on March 8, the ROK Navy seized and investigated a North Korea vessel that had crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the West Sea 10 kilometers east of Baekryung Island.
The Republic of Korea Navy’s first P-8A maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) broke cover in a video released by Boeing.
The Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy) announced that defects were found in 3 of the 9 Son Won-il-class submarines, the South Korean variants of the Type 214, currently in active service.
