South Korea Reportedly Negotiating For Raytheon SM-3

Bradley Perrett Kim Minseok August 11, 2016
Credit: SM-3: U.S. Navy
BEIJING, SEOUL—South Korea is moving to order Raytheon SM-3 ballistic-missile interceptors for its navy, local media report. A U.S. official also hints that such an enhancement to South Korean ballistic-missile defenses is in the works. Equipping South Korean destroyers with SM-3s would be the...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

Kim Minseok

Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.

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