Defence Notes

N. Korea tested rocket launchers and 'tactical guided weapons'

7th May 2019

North Korea's state media said 5 May that leader Kim Jong Un had overseen a rocket and tactical guided weapons test, after the drill on ...

Defence Notes

Missile contracts surge as US exits arms treaty

2nd May 2019

Washington has signed more than $1 billion in new missile contracts in the three months since it announced plans to withdraw from a key Cold ...

Defence Notes

North Korea's Kim oversees test of new weapon with 'powerful warhead'

18th April 2019

North Korea's Kim Jong Un has supervised the test-firing of a new tactical weapon with a ‘powerful warhead’, state media reported 18 April, in the ...

Defence Notes

US successfully tests anti-ICBM system

28th March 2019

The US military said on 26 March 2019 that it had successfully tested an anti-intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system, with a target launched from the ...

Defence Notes

Seoul closely monitoring North Korea for 'missile launch'

11th March 2019

South Korea's military said on 11 March 2019 it was closely monitoring North Korean facilities after a series of satellite images triggered international alarm that ...

Defence Notes

US deploys THAAD missile defence in Israel for exercise

4th March 2019

The United States has deployed its advanced THAAD missile defence system temporarily to Israel for a joint military exercise, the first of its kind, officials ...

Defence Notes

South Korea announces hike in payment for US troops

12th February 2019

Seoul said on 10 February that it agreed to hike its payment for maintaining US troops on its soil, settling a dispute with its long-time ...

Land: fire control systems

Korea Special-Purpose Weapon

Development of the Korea Special-Purpose Weapon (KSPW) to meet the requirements of South Korea's special forces was announced in 2010 and the system was unveiled ...

Counter-UAS systems

Drone Killer

The Uconsystem Drone Killer was unveiled in October 2015 and was developed in response to a UAV threat from North Korea, which saw four North ...

Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors

Gumdoksuri Class (PKX-A)

The Gumdoksuri class of fast attack craft, also known as the PKX-A class, was designed to replace the Republic of Korea Navy's (ROKN's) ageing fleet ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing

RemoEye-002B

RemoEye-002B is a close-range mini-UAV constructed using composite materials that can be prepared and launched in 5min. Its features include changeable flight modes during mission, ...

Destroyers

Maya Class (27DD)

The Maya class (27DD) destroyers are the latest in a long line of modern destroyer classes for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Well aware ...

Military UGVs

SCOBOT 200

The SCOBOT 200 is a larger, two-tracked version of the SCOBOT 100 (see separate entry). It can be used for EOD tasks. It was tested ...

Frigates

Krivak Class

The Krivak class (Project 1135) frigates first entered in service in 1970 and various types of the class have entered service, particularly the Indian Navy's ...

Destroyers

Sejong the Great Class (KDX-III) Batch 1

The Sejong the Great class of destroyers were built for the Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) as the third iteration of their KDX continuous destroyer construction ...

Corvettes

Pohang Class

The Pohang class corvettes were designed and built for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) with a total of 24 ships constructed of either an ...

Deployable/static missile systems

Aegis Ashore

Aegis Ashore is the first operational land-based version of the Aegis Combat System originally developed by Lockheed Martin for the US Navy's Ballistic Missile Defence ...

Self-propelled rocket launchers

K239 Chunmoo

Doosan (now Hanwha Defense) developed the K239 Chunmoo long-range 16-round multicalibre MRL to replace the Doosan K136 Kooryong 130mm 36-round unguided MRL in Republic of ...

Frigates

Daegu Class (FFX II)

The Daegu class frigates for the Republic of Korean Navy (RoKN) will be a follow-on batch from the recently built Incheon-class frigates. Sometimes the ships are ...

Destroyers

Chungmugong Yi Sun Shin Class (KDX-II)

The Chungmugong Yi Sun Shin class (KDX-II) is a class of multi-purpose destroyers in service with the Republic of Korea Navy. Six ships were developed under ...

Self-propelled rocket launchers, Towed rocket launchers

Type 63/Type 81

Introduced in the late 1950s, the Chinese Type 63 107 mm MLRS has become one of the most ubiquitous artillery systems in the world, having ...

Land: battlefield and ground surveillance radar

Ground Artillery Location Type 904

The 904 artillery-locating radar is designed to provide rapid and accurate location of various hostile artillery and rocket launcher positions simultaneously. It has a multi-target ...