DN - Defence Notes

North Korea blows up frontline bunkers

20th November 2018

Pyongyang blew up ten guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone on 20 November as the two Koreas pursue a reconciliation drive, even while denuclearisation talks ...

DN - Defence Notes

North Korea tests new 'ultramodern tactical weapon'

16th November 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the testing of a ‘newly developed ultramodern tactical weapon’, Pyongyang's state media reported 16 November, a move ...

DN - Defence Notes

North and South Korea begin destroying border guard posts

12th November 2018

The two Koreas began destroying 20 guard posts along their heavily-fortified frontier 11 November under a plan to reduce tensions on the border. Under an ...

DN - Defence Notes

'No plans' for new US missiles in Europe despite treaty pullout

9th November 2018

The US has ‘no plans’ to deploy new missiles to Europe, a senior official said on 8 November, despite announcing it will pull out of a ...

MTSN - Training/Simulation

South Korea, US resume suspended joint marine drills

5th November 2018

South Korea and the United States resumed small-scale military training that was indefinitely suspended following a summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean ...

DN - Defence Notes

Two Koreas agree to remove some border guard posts

26th October 2018

The two Koreas on Friday agreed to each remove 11 guard posts along the heavily-fortified border next month with a goal to possibly remove all ...

DN - Defence Notes

US, South Korea suspend additional military exercise

19th October 2018

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and his South Korean counterpart Jeong Kyeong-doo have cancelled the ‘Vigilant Ace’ military exercise that was slated for December, a ...

DN - Defence Notes

Koreas and UN Command begin talks on demilitarising border

16th October 2018

The two Koreas and the US-led United Nations Command began talks Tuesday on demilitarising a section of the heavily fortified border dividing the peninsula, as ...

LWI - Land Warfare

North and South Korea remove landmines at border

1st October 2018

The two Koreas on 1 October started to remove landmines along a section of their heavily fortified border as part of a summit deal to ...

DN - Defence Notes

US-South Korea military readiness hurt by drill pause

25th September 2018

The suspension of US-South Korean drills in summer 2018 hurt the readiness of the two militaries, the nominee to head US and UN forces in ...

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

The Gumdoksuri class of fast attack craft is designed to replace the Republic of Korea Navy's ageing fleet of Sea Dolphin vessels in the coastal ...

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 fight modes during mission, ...

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 ...

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 of ...

Frigates

Krivak

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 Talwar class ...

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 ...

Destroyers

Chungmugong Yi Sun Shin Class (KDX-2)

The Chungmugong Yi Sun Shin class (KDX 2) is a class of multi-purpose destroyers in service with the Republic of Korea Navy. Six ships were developed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Landing platform dock

Dokdo-Class

To meet its requirement for a new amphibious ship, the Republic of South Korea Navy (ROKN) selected the Dokdo design from Hanjin Heavy Industries. The ...

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 ...

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 ...