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Defence Notes
NATO agrees 2022 military budgets
23rd December 2021
NATO’s military budget for 2022 will be €1.56 billion ($1.76 billion) and will cover the operating costs of the alliance's command structure headquarters, programmes and operations around the world.
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Air Warfare
Australia and South Korea set up new aviation commands
3rd December 2021
Two new rotorcraft aviation units or commands have been set up at opposite ends of the Asia-Pacific region.
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Defence Notes
Guam falls under temporary protection of Iron Dome
18th November 2021
An Iron Dome battery of the US Army is currently on Guam to test its suitability for the theatre.
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Naval Warfare
US Navy seizes cache of AK-47 assault rifles
24th December 2021
A stateless vessel carrying 1400 AK-47 rifles has been intercepted by the US Navy.
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Naval Warfare
BrahMos finally finds an export customer
14th January 2022
The Philippines becomes the first customer for the BrahMos missile, which India has been diligently marketing for years.
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Defence Notes
Lockheed Martin deliberates over F-35 2022 production rate
7th January 2022
After a remarkable year for F-35 sales, Lockheed Martin has started internal discussions regarding a 2022 production target.
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Land Warfare
Mali welcomes new vehicles
6th December 2021
Has Mali become the first customer for the Chinese-made VN2C 6x6 armoured personnel carrier?
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Defence Notes
NATO considers its future in Strategic Concept document
1st December 2021
Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, outlined NATO’s next Strategic Concept document at the Riga Public Diplomacy Conference on 30 November.
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Land Warfare
Hyundai Rotem pitches K2 variant for Middle East market
21st December 2021
A scale model of the K2 MBT-M was on show at EDEX 2021, just as reports emerged of talks between the Egyptian and South Korean governments on licensed production of the tank.
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Air Warfare
Seoul ponders possible avenues for extra AEW&C aircraft
21st November 2021
Industry sources suspect that South Korea will increase its follow-on AEW&C aircraft buy to four units.
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Land Warfare
Egypt eyes Hanwha K9 Thunder howitzers
2nd December 2021
The South Korean news agency Yonhap announced on 30 November that the country is negotiating the export of K9 Thunder howitzers with Egypt at the EDEX 2021 exhibition in Cairo.
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Defence Notes
Kim Jong-un punctuated September with flurry of new missiles
15th October 2021
North Korea continues to surprise protagonists with the rate at which it develops new missile types.
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Air Warfare
ROK awards Elbit Systems $74 million munitions contract
12th November 2021
Elbit Systems continues to gain awards in the Asia-Pacific region as South Korea orders airborne munitions.
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Naval Warfare
South Korea receives first enhanced minesweeper
22nd November 2021
South Korea is building three additional minesweepers, with the first recently handed over to the navy.
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Naval Warfare
Turkey receives indigenously manufactured submarine head section
29th November 2021
STM has completed the construction of the first indigenously manufactured head section, which houses the torpedo tubes, for the NTSP.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Maritime patrol
P-8 Poseidon [South Korea]
Programme Background South Korea is facing an imminent submarine threat from North Korea. The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) is operating an aging fleet of P-3C ...
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Fighter - multirole
F-X III Phase II (F-35)
Programme Background On 14 September 2014, South Korea signed an FMS contract under the first phase of F-X III programme to supply 40 F-35As for ...
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Loitering munitions
Small-Sized Suicide Drones [South Korea]
Programme Background Drone Ambition As reported by Shephard, South Korea has ambitions to possess a large arsenal of drones. In May 2024, the presidential office ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
RQ-4 Global Hawk (South Korea)
Programme Background Requirments Seoul required UAS assets to help monitor its neighbour to the north and, increasingly, Chinese activities in waters and in the air near ...
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Frigates
Daegu Class (FFX Batch II) [South Korea]
Programme Background The Incheon and Daegu classes are part of a re-capitalisation effort to replace the older Pohang-class corvettes and Ulsan-class frigates with a new FFX class ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
KAAV II
Programme Background The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) operates one Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship and has launched another to support provide operational lift for the ROKMC. ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Stryker (North Macedonia)
Programme Background In its Long-Term Defence Capabilities Development Plan (LTDCDP) published in 2019, the North Macedonian MoD outlined plans to acquire Light Armoured Vehicles (LAVs) ...
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Destroyers
Joint Strike Ship [South Korea]
Programme Background Requirements The third element of South Korea's "Three Axis System" - a complex of measures designed to track, detect, and eliminate an adversary’s ballistic missiles and ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
KUS-FS (ROKAF) [South Korea]
Programme Background Inception The Aerospace Division of Korean Air (KAL-ASD) commenced developing the MUAV in 2008 in response to a ROKAF requirement for a MALE UAV ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4
Light Protected Mobility Vehicles [North Macedonia]
Programme Background The acquisition of an LPMV to equip the North Macedonian Armed Forces' Light Infantry Battalion Group (LIBG) is considered the most urgent priority for ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
KUS-FS (ROKA) [South Korea]
Programme Background Inception The Aerospace Division of Korean Air (KAL-ASD) commenced developing the MUAV in 2008 in response to a ROKAF requirement for a MALE ...
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Trainer
T-4 Replacement (Japan)
Programme Background The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has been using the T-4 as an intermediate trainer jet since 1988, but now the Acquisition, Technology ...
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Patrol boats
Multifunctional Support Ships (TRIFC/MICAN) (1-2) [Netherlands]
Programme Background Requirements In 2022, the Royal Netherlands Navy started The Rapidly Increased Firepower Capability (TRIFC) concept, a study focused on procuring low-manned platforms to augment the firepower ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Indigenous UAS (South Korea)
Programme Background South Korea's Total UAS Budget The government of South Korea wants to grow its domestic UAS industry. To do this, it was reported in ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Puma 3 AE (UK)
Programme Background Testing The Royal Navy announced in October 2020 that the Puma was undergoing its first operational testing on HMS Albion's autumn deployment to ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Counter-UAS systems
Drone Killer
The Uconsystem Drone Killer was unveiled in October 2015 and was developed in response to a UAV threat from North Korea, which saw four North ...
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors
Gumdoksuri Class (PKX-A)
The Gumdoksuri-class fast attack craft, also known as the PKX-A-class, was designed to replace the Republic of Korea Navy's ageing fleet of Sea Dolphin-class vessels ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Reconnaissance UAV
North Korea unveiled two drones at the Weapons and Equipment Exhibition 2023 in Pyongyang on 2 August 2023. One drone closely resembled General Atomics' (GA-ASI) ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Multirole UAV
North Korea unveiled two drones at the Weapons and Equipment Exhibition 2023 in Pyongyang on 2 August 2023. One drone closely resembled General Atomics' (GA-ASI) MQ-9 Reaper, and, ...
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Destroyers
Sejong the Great Class (KDX-III/HDD-10000) Batch 1
The Sejong the Great-class destroyers were built for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) as the third iteration of its KDX continuous destroyer construction programme ...
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Military UGVs
SCOBOT 200
The SCOBOT 200 is a larger, two-tracked version of the SCOBOT 100 (see separate entry). It can be used for EOD tasks. It was tested ...
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Destroyers
Maya Class (27DD)
The Maya-class (27DD) destroyers are the latest in a long line of modern destroyer classes for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Well aware of ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
RemoEye-002B
RemoEye-002B is a close-range mini-UAV constructed using composite materials that can be prepared and launched in 5min. Its features include changeable flight modes during mission, ...
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Frigates
Krivak Class
The Krivak-class (Project 1135) frigates first entered service in 1970 and various types of the class have entered service, particularly the Indian Navy's Talwar-class (see ...
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Corvettes
Pohang Class
The Pohang-class corvettes were designed and built for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN), and a total of 24 ships were constructed of either anti-surface ...
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Destroyers
Chungmugong Yi Sun Shin Class (KDX-II/HDD-5000)
The Chungmugong Yi Sun Shin class (KDX-II) is a class of multi-purpose destroyers in service with the Republic of Korea Navy. Six ships were developed under ...
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Self-propelled rocket launchers
K239 Chunmoo
Doosan (now Hanwha Defense) developed the K239 Chunmoo long-range 16-round multicalibre MRL to replace the Doosan K136 Kooryong 130mm 36-round unguided MRL in Republic of ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Mavic 2 (Series)
The Mavic 2 is a series of rotary-wing Micro UAS manufactured by DJI. The series features three platforms: the Mavic 2 Pro, Mavic 2 Zoom ...
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Air: Defensive Systems - Radar Warning Receivers
LR-100
Northrop Grumman’s RA-4B Global Hawk uninhabited aerial vehicle is equipped with the company’s LR-100 Electronic Support Measure (ESM). The LR-100 performs an important role supporting ...
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Deployable/static missile systems
Aegis Ashore
Aegis Ashore is the first operational land-based version of the Aegis Combat System originally developed by Lockheed Martin for the US Navy's Ballistic Missile Defence ...
