South Korea Fires First Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Capability

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Credit: Kim Minseok
SEOUL—South Korea successfully conducted the first test launch of a domestically developed hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) on Oct. 8, with President Lee Jae-myung overseeing the trial at an Agency for Defense Development (ADD) facility in the West Sea, also known as the Yellow Sea. The HGV...
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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