South Korea's Hyunmoo-5 'Bunker Buster' To Enter Production

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South Korea also has plans to update the Hyunmoo-2 and Hyunmoo-3 variants.

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SINGAPORE—South Korea's new Hyunmoo-5 "bunker buster" ballistic missile is expected to enter mass production by the end of 2023 following nearly two years of development and testing. The South Korean military also has plans to upgrade the other Hyunmoo variants—namely, the Hyunmoo-2 and Hyunmoo-3—to...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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