According to information published by Yonhap News Agency on November 10, 2021, South Korea has successfully conducted key performance tests of the homegrown ship-based guided-missile, Haegung, ahead of its deployment next year, the state-run defense quality assessment agency and Navy officials.
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Launch of Haegung surface-to-air missile from a ship (Picture source: Facebook account of Republic of Korea Armed Forces)
The Defense Agency for Technology and Quality (DTaQ) said that the missile, called the Haegung, hit the intended target in two tests, one conducted on December 8 and one on December 10. Haegung means sea bow in Korean.
The K-SAAM (Korean Surface to Air Anti Missile, Korean: "Haegung") is a South Korean medium-range ship-based surface-to-air missile (SAM) system that is being developed by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD), LIG Nex1, and Hanhwa Defense.
It features inertial mid-course guidance and a dual microwave and Infrared homing seeker for terminal guidance. It will replace RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM). It deployed on Daegu-class frigates and ROKS Marado.
