South Korean Defense Firm Expected to Sell Additional MLRS Systems to Poland
The defense industry continues to be a major growth sector for the South Korean economy:
South Korean defense firm Hanwha Aerospace Co. is expected to export an additional batch of Chunmoo multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) to Poland, a deal estimated at around 2.2 trillion won (US$1.6 billion), multiple sources said Tuesday.
A Polish delegation, led by Deputy Defense Minister Pawel Bejda, plans to observe a test-firing of the K239 Chunmoo MLRS at the state-run Agency for Defense Development’s Anheung testing site in Taean, 109 kilometers southwest of Seoul, on Wednesday.
A successful test of the system, modified to fit a Polish military vehicle, is expected to lead to a deal, sources familiar with the issue said.
As Poland committed to buying 288 units of the Chunmoo and signed a contract to purchase 218 units in November 2022, the anticipated deal is likely to cover the remaining 70 units, they noted.
Yonhap
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KAIST partnering with Korea Space Research, launches the first of eleven spy satellites. Its mission is named B.T.S. which will keep a close eye on the Korean peninsula.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nk343keGWs
Less than twenty years ago South Korea had to rely on Russia to help them to develop rockets. And failures led to serious self-deprecating questions as to why Korean science can’t even launch a rocket into space. And everyone laughed at South Korea. The US didn’t help South Korea with the rocket technology, but the US did help Japan and Japan thrived with its rocket launches for decades since the 1950s. But look where Japan is at today – with three straight failures in a row to launch their new rockets into space.
Looks like the Polish are going to cancel the order.
In tests, they left hangry, as it failed to provide even a single lunch.