Deployment of radar against N. Korean artillery This photo, provided by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration on March 29, 2024, shows an AN/TPQ-II system, whose deployment throughout the entire Army Corps and on northwestern islands bordering North Korea has been completed against the North’s long-range artillery targeting Seoul and its adjacent areas. AN/TPQ stands for Army/Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance. (Yonhap)
South Korea continues to beef up its missile defense capabilities in an effort to keep pace with the North Korean ballistic missile threat:
The headquarters of South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Agency (DAPA) in a photo provided by Yonhap News TV. (Yonhap)
South Korea said Tuesday it has decided to purchase two advanced early warning radars on incoming ballistic missiles as North Korea’s threats have grown.
The plan was approved at a regular meeting on arms procurement projects presided over by Defense Minister Han Min-koo, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Agency (DAPA).
It plans to import the radars in the project starting within this year.
The South Korean military has two Israel-made Green Pine land-based radars in operation. It is seeking to acquire radars with the maximum range of more than 800 kilometers to better detect ballistic missiles fired by the North.
Initially, the defense authorities earmarked budget for the purchase of one more radar. But they have revised a mid-term defense plan to buy two more.
South Korea is in the process of establishing the so-called Korea Air and Missile Defense system. [Yonhap]
