South Korea’s Defense Ministry has submitted its budget request for next year and one of the items on the shopping list is a Counter rocket, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) system.
Brig. Gen. Kenneth Hara, Hawaii Army National Guard Deputy Adjutant General visits Hawaii Army National Guard Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery Regiment as they conduct Counter Rocket Artillery Mortar operations during deployment training, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Jun. 9, 2019. The 487th FAR was selected as the first non Air Defense Artillery unit to be trained on C-RAM operations outside of their primary Military Occupational Specialty of Field Artillery. (Hawaii Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Theresa Gualdarama)
The military is also requesting $9 million for the development of microsatellites.
$392 million out of the $42.4 billion is for the KF-X fighter program.
A mere $6.2 million will go towards the light aircraft carrier development program.
