Military
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S. Korean fighter jet 'FA-50' performs aerial acrobatics in Poland
SEOUL -- The Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), the sole aircraft maker in South Korea, has showcased its light fighter jet called "FA-50" at an international airshow in Poland. At the exhibition, hosted by Poland's military property agency, 20 types of fighter jets from European nations including Britain and Germany performed aerial acrobatics in front of more than 200,000 spectators. Without disclosing the number of aircraft, the KAI said FA-50 took part in the Air Show R
29 August 2023
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S. Korea and US launch 11-day annual joint military exercise 'Ulchi Freedom Shield'
SEOUL -- South Korea and the United States have launched an 11-day annual joint military exercise called "UFS - Ulchi Freedom Shield" designed to fortify the combined defense posture and alliance response capabilities through various scenarios that simulate real war situations. According to the South Korean government on August 21, this year's war scenarios have gone through significant changes to focus on the joint field training exercise (FTX) that simulate upgraded N
21 August 2023
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Hanwha Aerospace secures contract to build 129 Redback infantry fighting vehicles for Australia
SEOUL -- Hanwha Aerospace, a South Korean defense contractor, has secured a contract to build 129 Redback infantry fighting vehicles for the Australian government. The South Korean company had been locked in a competition for about five years with Rheinmetall Defense of Germany for Australia's Land 400 Phase 3 program to acquire armored vehicles that would replace old M113AS3 armored personnel carriers. Redback, a 42-ton IFV with a 40mm caliber automatic cannon specially develope
27 July 2023
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Hanwha Ocean selected to lead construction of two 3600-ton class homemade frigates
SEOUL -- South Korea's arms procurement agency has selected, Hanwha Ocean, a major domestic shipbuilder, as the preferred bidder for the fifth and sixth ships of the 3600-ton class FFX Batch-III. An indoor manufacturing plant capable of simultaneously building two naval vessels would be used for the next-generation homemade naval ships. Hanwha Ocean and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries had competed to win a bid for the fifth and sixth ships of FFX Batch-III. The construction of naval ve
14 July 2023
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S. Korea develops detection technology against hypersonic anti-ship missiles
SEOUL -- South Korea has developed detection technology that can be used for calculating the direction of enemy missiles including hypersonic anti-ship missiles. The country's defense technology development agency aims to mount the detection equipment on the Korea Destroyer Next-Generation, a 6,500-ton-class Aegis naval ship with cruise missiles, advanced sensors, a missile defense system, and stealth functions. Hypersonic anti-ship projectiles can move at a speed of more than 6,14
12 July 2023
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Hanwha Ocean considers establishing factory capable of simultaneously building two naval ships
SEOUL -- Hanwha Ocean, a major shipbuilder in South Korea, thinking over a large-scale investment to establish an indoor manufacturing plant that can build two naval vessels at the same time. Without being affected by hard weather conditions such as hurricanes or heavy rain, the facility can help the company complete the manufacturing process and deliver products within the scheduled delivery date. The shipbuilder aims to use the new facility to build the fifth and sixth FFX Batch, a n
6 July 2023
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Arms procurement agency to adopt anti-drone system for key government facilities
SEOUL -- In a bid to set up a comprehensive anti-drone system that could prevent North Korean unmanned aerial vehicles from spying on key government facilities, South Korea's arms procurement agency will kick-start a 48.5 billion won ($37.2 million) project. Anti-drone systems are mostly used to detect drones and neutralize them before aerial vehicles reach the country's key facilities. According to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), five North Korean drones flew in
6 July 2023
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S. Korea succeeds in test flight of every homemade fighter jet KF-21 prototypes
SEOUL -- South Korea successfully carried out a test flight for the last prototype model of South Korea's homemade fighter jet KF-21 about eleven months after the first prototype model made its 33-minute test flight in July 2022. South Korea has tested a total of six prototypes in a bid to replace the country's aging fleet of U.S.-made F-4 and F-5 fighters. According to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), the sixth prototype took off from the airbase at 3
29 June 2023
