K-SAAM

K-SAAM
A Haegung surface-to-air missile launching from the ship's vertical launcher
TypeSurface-to-air missile
Place of origin South Korea
Service history
In service2021-present
Used by Republic of Korea Navy
Production history
DesignerAgency for Defense Development
LIG Nex1
Hanhwa Defense (Now Hanwha Aerospace)
Designed2011-2018
ManufacturerLIG Nex1
Hanwha Aerospace
Produced2019-present
Specifications
Length3.08 m (10.1 ft)

Operational
range
20 kilometres (12 mi)
Maximum speed Mach 2
Guidance
system
Fire-and-forget, infrared homing, ultra-high frequency explorer

The K-SAAM (Korean Surface-to-Anti Air Missile; Korean해궁; Hanja海弓; RRHae-gung) is a South Korean short range ship-launched 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 the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM).[1][2] It has been deployed on Daegu-class frigates and ROKS Marado.

  1. ^ Diplomat, Benjamin David Baker, The. "South Korea Goes Indigenous for Its Missile Defense Needs". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Missile precision from Korea [IDX15D1] - Jane's 360". www.janes.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.