South Korea ready to field K-SAAM in 2018

The Korean Surface-to-Air Anti-Missile (K-SAAM) has gone thru 22 operational test firings and is on the way to be operational with the Republic of Korea Navy in 2018.

Photo: IHS/James Hardy

LIG Nex1 will test fire around 10 more rounds before a contract is sign with the Defense Acquisition Program Agency.

The indigenous system is expected to replace the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) on RoKN ships.

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