South Korea to ready ‘Iron-Dome’ style defense system earlier

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South Korea will deploy a new air defense system, similar to Israel’s Iron Dome, against North Korea’s artillery attacks earlier than its previous plan amid increasing tensions around the heavily fortified border with North Korea.

The original plan was to spend 750 billion won by 2027 to reform PAC-2 launchers to launch the PAC-3 system.“We have decided to buy more Patriot missiles and upgrade more (PAC-2) launchers in response to heightening threats from North Korea’s ballistic missile attacks,” said an unnamed DAPA official.

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on Monday that it nodded to a plan to move up a timeline for fielding the country’s low-altitude missile defense (LAMD) system by two years to between 2029 and 2033 at a National Defense Ministry committee meeting.

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Published On: 2024-10-29 @ 13:19:38 (2 weeks ago)

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