Engineering:Hyunmoo-3
The Hyunmoo-3 is a supersonic cruise missile fielded by the South Korean military designed by Agency for Defense Development (ADD). The name Hyunmoo (Korean: 현무) comes from the mythical Black Tortoise (Chinese: 玄武)[1] described as the "Guardian of the Northern Sky", perhaps hinting North Korea.
Design and development
As a signatory of the multilateral Missile Technology Control Regime, South Korea agrees to refrain from importing a non-indigenous ballistic missile with a warhead larger than 500 kilograms (1,100 lb), or a range of more than 300 kilometers (190 mi).[2] Historically a bilateral agreement between the ROK and US additionally limited indigenous South Korean produced ballistic missiles in both range and warhead size. Therefore, heavy emphasis was put on developing long-range cruise missiles by the South Korean government. With the introduction of Hyunmoo-3, the Republic of Korea Army created the Missile Command in order to efficiently manage these missiles.
Despite the name, the Hyunmoo-3 bears no resemblance to the previous Hyunmoo SSM, which were improved versions of Nike Hercules surface-to-air missiles that were converted into short-range high-speed surface-to-surface ballistic missiles in response to North Korea's Scud-B and Nodong-1 missile threats. Instead, the new missile's designs are strikingly similar to the United States Tomahawk cruise missile. It is powered by a turbofan engine, and has a maximum payload of 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) of conventional explosive. The guidance systems consist of inertial guidance system and global positioning system.
Variants
Hyunmoo-3A, which was nicknamed "Eagle-1" (독수리-1) during the testing, has a range of 500 km, while Hyunmoo-3B, nicknamed "Eagle-2" (독수리-2) Cheonryong (천룡 순항 미사일), has a range of 1,000 kilometers (620 mi). Hyunmoo-3C, or "Eagle-3" (독수리-3), will be capable of striking its target up to 1,500 kilometers (930 mi) away. This is a significant improvement from Hyunmoo I which had a range of 180 kilometers (110 mi) and Hyunmoo-2A, which only has a range of 300 kilometers (190 mi), both of which were ballistic and not cruise missiles.
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A Hyunmoo-3B air-launched cruise missile with over 500 km (310 mi) range exists and it is called Boramae.[5][4][3]
A submarine-launched cruise missile called the Haeseong III is designed to be launched underwater from submarines.[6] It is actually the designation for the Hyunmoo-3 cruise missile when launched from a submarine and is unrelated to the SSM-700K Haeseong missile design.[7]
Operators
South Korea
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- Son Won-il-class submarine (KSS-II)[7]
References
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedglobsec - ↑ "Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States". https://fas.org/irp/threat/missile/rumsfeld/pt3_skorea.htm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "S.Korea's Cruise Missile Program Revealed". South Korea. http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/10/25/2006102561007.html. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pike, John. "GLCM - Hyunmoo III / ALCM - Boramae / SLCM - Chonryong / Cheon Ryong / Ch'onnyong (Sky Dragon)". https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/rok/chonryong.htm. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 7.0 7.1 South Korean Navy conducts test-launch Haeseong III cruise missile from Son Won II-class Type 214 submarine. Navy Recognition. 3 October 2020.
- ↑ "ROK Ministry of National Defense releases video footages of DDH-II Class Destroyers". https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/april-2020/8322-rok-ministry-of-national-defense-releases-video-footages-of-ddh-ii-class-destroyers.html.
- ↑ "Sejong the Great Sejongdaewang KDX-III Class AEGIS Destroyer Republic of Korea ROK Navy 세종대왕급 구축함 Yulgok Yi I Seoae Yu Seong-ryong Hyundai Heavy Industries HHI DSME 대한민국 해군 datasheet pictures photos video specifications". https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/132-republic-of-korea-navy-vessels-ships-and-equipment/rok-navy-frigates-a-destroyers/844-sejong-the-great-sejongdaewang-kdx-iii-class-aegis-destroyer-republic-of-korea-rok-navy-yulgok-yi-i-seoae-yu-seong-ryong-hyundai-heavy-industries-hhi-dsme-datasheet-pictures-photos-video-specifications.html.
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