Hyundai Rotem Refines Hypersonic Missile Design For KF-21

Air-launched Hycore model

Air-launched Hycore model.

Credit: Lee Jong Hyeok
CHANGWON, South Korea—Hyundai Rotem has unveiled an evolved design for an indigenous air-launched hypersonic missile featuring a combined-cycle ramjet-scramjet propulsion system designed to exceed Mach 5, planned for integration with the Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 fighter by the mid-2030s. At...
Kim Minseok

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.

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