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LIG Nex1 to enter Saudi Arabia’s defense market [THE INVESTOR] South Korean defense company LIG Nex1 plans to tap into Saudi Arabia in its broader expansion plan to the Middle East market. According to a source on Aug. 18, the weapon-maker has received board members’ approval to set up an...

South Korea has launched the 7th KSS-2 submarine with an air dependent propulsion technology. It would bolster the countries' ability for extended underwater operations. It is 1,800 tonnes and its overall length is 65m and can remain submerged up to 2 weeks at a time. It can carry a crew of up...

It seems North Korea just can't help stirring the pot and riling up others in the region, as well as around the world. Reports state that it appears at around 6:30 p.m. last evening (local time), an intermediate range Musudan missile was launched off a submarine on the East Coast of the Korean...

By JIM DOYLEon March 21, 2016 at 4:01 AM B-52 Stratofortress conducts a low-level flight with a South Korea F-15K and a U.S. F-16 In a recent article in Breaking Defense, Adam Lowther and Chris Winklepleck argue that the strategic aircraft leg of the triad provides unique “nuclear...

US approves sale of submarine-launched Harpoon Block II missiles to South Korea Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Navy International 19 November 2015 An artist's rendering of a Boeing Harpoon Block II missile. The US has approved the possible sale of UGM-84L submarine-launched Block...