Washington Scraps U.S.-South Korea Missile Guidelines, Range Grows

South Korean Hyunmoo-2 missile
Credit: South Korea Ministry of National Defense
SINGAPORE—The U.S. has abolished the 42-year-old U.S.-South Korea Missile Guidelines, allowing South Korea to develop increasingly capable ballistic missiles. Termination of the clause effectively removes range and payload restrictions on South Korean missile developments, enabling the country to...
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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