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- K-SSN Breakthrough: Reactor Design Emerges as the Decisive Factor
- This marks the first time the formerly classified program has surfaced as an open national project. Government momentum is accelerating. During the 48th Cabinet Meeting, Defense Ministry official Won Jong-dae c...
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- South Korea Retires HH-32 Helicopters, Ending a Rare Era of Military Ties with Russia
- The HH-32 fleet, which completed its final operational duty at the end of last year, had long served as the backbone of the ROKAF’s search-and-rescue (SAR) mission set.These missions include the recovery ...
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- Chunmoo: Korea’s Firepower DNA Reshaping the Global MLRS Market
- The agreement covers 16 Chunmoo launchers, guided munitions, and comprehensive logistics support. With this deal, the K-MLRS Chunmoo has firmly established itself as a global multiple launch rocket system opera...
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- Hyundai Rotem Breaks $700 Million Operating Profit Barrier on Defense, Rail Boom
- The Hyundai Rotem said its full-year operating profit rose 120.3% year on year to $697 million, marking the highest level since its establishment. Revenue climbed 33.4% to $4.07 billion, while net profit surged...
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- South Korea Launches Block-I Electronic Warfare Aircraft Program, Targeting 2034 Deployment
- The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) convened the program’s launch meeting on Tuesday at LIG Nex1’s Pangyo headquarters, bringing together representatives from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, th...
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- ROK JCS Moves to Unmanned Frontline as Troop Shortages Loom
- According to military sources cited Thursday, the ROK JCS has initiated a formal review of plans to introduce an unmanned Guard Post (GP) surveillance and security operations system in the early 2030s. The move...
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- South Korea Moves Closer to Deploying Hypersonic Missile
- Hypersonic flight refers to speeds of Mach 5 or higher—more than five times the speed of sound. While conventional aircraft and missiles typically operate below Mach 3, hypersonic weapons combine extreme spee...
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- Korean KSS-III Submarine An Mu Makes Historic First Overseas Deployment
- On December 30, the ROK Navy held a welcoming ceremony at Jinhae Naval Base, hosted by Rear Adm. Kim Tae-hoon, Acting Commander of the Submarine Force. Sailors from the Submarine Command and family members of t...
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- LIG Nex1 Wins Key Deal for ROK Navy Combat USVs
- The company announced that on the 19th it signed a package-type development agreement with the Defense Agency for Technology and Quality to develop integrated control systems and autonomous mission technologies...
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- 36 Years on the Frontline: ROK Navy Corvette Gwangmyeong Retires
- The Republic of Korea Navy will hold a decommissioning ceremony for the 1,000-ton Pohang-class corvette on December 26 at Jinhae Naval Base. Following the ceremony, Gwangmyeong will be formally decommissioned o...
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- Hanwha’s Chunmoo Lands $330M Baltic Breakthrough
- The agreement was formally signed on December 21 (local time) in Tallinn, with senior officials from both governments in attendance, including Estonian Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur, Acting Director General ...
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- KAI Secures Seven ROK Government Helicopter Deals for 2025
- KAI announced that it signed separate contracts on December 15 and 17 to deliver one Surion multirole helicopter each to the two agencies. With these deals, KAI has now secured contracts for a total of seven go...
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- Hanwha Systems Secures USD 136M Cheongung-III MFR Contract, Launching Next-Generation Korean Patriot
- The company announced on the 17th that it signed a prototype development contract for the Multi-Function Radar (MFR) under Phase III of the Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (M-SAM) program, led by the Agency...
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- South Korea Deploys KTSSM to Neutralize North Korean Long-Range Artillery
- The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced that it held a KTSSM operational deployment completion ceremony on Tuesday, December 16, at the Missile Strategic Command. The event was attended ...
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- ROK Marine Corps Unveils Its First-Ever Combat Boat, Cheongsaechi Takes to the Water
- On December 11, the ROKMC and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) held a launching ceremony at Kangnam Shipbuilding in Saha District, Busan, for the service’s new High-Speed Combat Boat (HCB...
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- Hyundai Rotem Signs Framework Agreement with Peru for K2 Tanks and K808 Armored Vehicles
- The company announced on the 10th that it signed the agreement on December 9 (local time) in Lima with the Peruvian Army and state-owned arms manufacturer FAME S.A.C. Under the upcoming implementation contract,...
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- South Korea Launches Development of New “Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile-II” for KF-21
- South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on December 2 that it has formally launched the development of the Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile-II (SRAAM-II), a next-generation ind...
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- South Korea’s Ultra-High-Resolution ‘Arirang-7’ Satellite Set for Launch on December 2
- 30-cm-class imagery: entering the top tier of global satellite capabilityArirang-7 is a 2,000-kg class multipurpose satellite equipped with some of the world’s highest-resolution commercial-grade optical sens...
South Korea Retires HH-32 Helicopters, Ending a Rare Era of Military Ties with Russia
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노르웨이에 천무 16문, 2.8조원 규모 수출! 사거리 500km 미사일 장착한다
