South Korea Cleared For SM-6, AIM-9X Missiles

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SM-6

Credit: Raytheon
SINGAPORE—The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of Raytheon Standard SM-6 Block 1 surface-to-air missiles to South Korea, destined for its navy’s new KDX Batch II Aegis destroyers. The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) document indicates the package includes 38 SM-6 missiles...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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