South Korea explores future MBT and air defence concepts
While some militaries consider tanks to be something of an anachronism, such vehicles are alive and well in East Asia. Indeed, Hyundai Rotem used the occasion of Seoul ADEX 2019 in mid-October to display a scale model of a concept of what a future South Korean MBT might one day look like, while Hanwha Defense showed off an air defence turret concept.
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