South Korea pursuing SLBM program

An anonymous South Korean official was quoted by Korea Joongang Daily as saying that Seoul intends to fit submarine-launch ballistic missile (SLBM) on its next generation Chang Bogo-III submarine.

US Navy 100608-N-3560G-001 Lee Eokgi prepares for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010 pierside at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ronald Gutridge [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

This class of boats are planned to be equipped with vertical launch system with 10 indigenous Hyunmoo cruise missiles each.

A senior researcher at Korean Institue of Science and Technology says the cold launch technology for launching missiles underwater will be based on Russia’s S-400 air defense missile.