{"id":7095,"date":"2021-06-28T12:29:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T08:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/s-korea-to-develop-iron-dome-like-defense-system\/"},"modified":"2021-06-28T12:29:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T08:29:00","slug":"s-korea-to-develop-iron-dome-like-defense-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/s-korea-to-develop-iron-dome-like-defense-system\/","title":{"rendered":"S. Korea to develop Iron Dome-like defense system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/S-Korea-to-develop-Iron-Dome-like-defense-system.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>South Korea has decided to develop its own interceptor system like Israel&#8217;s Iron Dome to defend the country&#8217;s key infrastructure against long-range artillery threats from North Korea, <noindex><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/report.az\/en\">Report<\/a><\/noindex> informs via <noindex><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/index\">Yonhap<\/a><\/noindex> News Agency.<\/p>\n<p>The defense project promotion committee, presided over by Defense Minister Suh Wook, approved the 2.89 trillion-won ($2.56 billion) project expected to begin in earnest next year and to be completed around 2035, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The project is designed to secure an interceptor system with our own technologies to boost our capabilities of countering enemies&#8217; long-range artillery threats so as to protect core facilities and military and security infrastructure,&#8221; DAPA said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the South Korean Defense Ministry pledged to build such an air defense system as a longer-term plan. The Iron Dome is designed to detect, identify and destroy incoming threats, such as short-range missiles, artillery shells and unmanned aerial vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Pyongyang deploys around 1,000 artillery pieces along the Military Demarcation Line separating the two Koreas, including 240-millimeter multiple rocket launchers, most of which are directly aimed at Seoul and the metropolitan areas, according to military officials.<\/p>\n<p>The North has also been working to advance its conventional weapons and showcased new types of short-range ballistic missiles and multiple rocket launchers over the past several years amid stalled denuclearization talks with the United States and chilled inter-Korean relations.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the government also approved a plan to upgrade F-35A next-generation fighter jets through a government-to-government foreign military sale (FMS) program with the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Seoul has introduced the advanced stealth fighters since 2019 to beef up air defense capabilities under a plan to deploy 40 units by this year. The upgrades will require 370 billion won by 2030, according to DAPA.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '800789640666009');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/>https:\/\/report.az\/en\/other-countries\/s-korea-to-develop-iron-dome-like-defense-system\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] South Korea has decided to develop its own interceptor system like Israel&#8217;s Iron Dome to defend the country&#8217;s key infrastructure against long-range artillery threats from North Korea, Report informs via Yonhap News Agency. The defense project promotion committee, presided over by Defense Minister Suh Wook, approved the 2.89 trillion-won ($2.56 billion) project expected to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/s-korea-to-develop-iron-dome-like-defense-system\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">S. 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