South Korea to develop new weapons system by 2023
South Korea is planning to develop a weapons system to detect and strike small drones and eventually larger aircraft, as part of the country’s program to modernize its military and despite efforts to defuse tensions with North Korea. South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said on Tuesday that the government would invest 88 billion won (74 million dollars) to develop the system by 2023. “We aim to improve the system so that it will ultimately be capable of intercepting a fighter jet and satellite,” Song Chang-joon, a ...
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