Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.
Like the rest of South Korea’s efforts at developing and building bombardment missiles, the underwater element is wrapped in secrecy that has been broken by only a few local news reports, not all consistent.
A politically influential conference between the South Korean government and the strongest party in parliament has recommended a number of defense import purchases.
South Korea’s Kill Chain program to create a capability for pre-empting North Korean attack has come under criticism for unbalanced spending and technical shortcomings.
