South Korea Test Fires New Cruise and Ballistic Missiles


PrintEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInCopy Link

In a September 15 release, South Korea announced successful flight tests of new ballistic, cruise, and antiship missiles. Alongside a recent submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test, South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development successfully launched a subsonic air-launched cruise missile, a supersonic antiship missile, and an “improved version” of its Hyunmoo-2/4-series ballistic missiles with “dramatically increased” payload capacity.

PrintEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInCopy Link

Cite this Page

Masao Dahlgren, "South Korea Test Fires New Cruise and Ballistic Missiles," Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, September 16, 2021, last modified October 4, 2021, https://missilethreat.csis.org/south-korea-test-fires-new-cruise-and-ballistic-missiles/.