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The South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has indicated that South Korea will invest in stealthy drones that could penetrate North Korea with the creation of a new military unit. [16] [17] The South Korean Defence Ministry announced a new series of anti-drone measures, spending some 560 billion won over the next five years.
South Korea: Light machine gun: 5.56×45mm NATO: Standard-issue squad automatic weapon; will be replaced by the K15 K16: SNT Motiv South Korea: General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO: Planned to replace the M60 machine gun: M60: Daewoo Precision Industries United States South Korea: General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO: M60, M60D ...
The possession of only 42,030 body armor sets leaves 58,519 soldiers without body armor, and only 3,147 of the 42,030 sets are capable of protection from the AK-74, the standard assault rifle of the Korean People's Army. [4] South Korean troops serving with UNIFIL in Lebanon in 2011. A new infantry rifle, the Daewoo K11, entered service in 2010.
South Korea’s military has reached that goal, decreasing troop size by 27.6% in two decades, from 2002 to 2022. But the premise that the threat from North Korea would diminish has proven false.
South Korea and the United States will begin their annual joint military exercises next week with a focus on improving their combined capabilities to deter and defend against growing North Korean ...
South Korean and U.S. troops will begin their expanded annual military drills next week in response to North Korea’s evolving nuclear threats, the two countries said Wednesday, a move that will ...
Shortly after the end of World War II, the South Korean Air Construction Association was founded on 10 August 1946, to publicize the importance of air power.Despite the then-scanty status of Korean armed forces, the first air unit was formed on 5 May 1948, under the direction of Dong Wi-bu, the forerunner to the modern South Korean Ministry of National Defense.
"The South Korean military makes it clear that it will take all necessary measures to protect the lives and safety of its people in response to North Korea's provocations," a defence ministry ...