Long-range Surface-to-Air Missile 장거리 지대공 미사일 | |
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Type | Long-range, mobile surface-to-air missile/ anti-ballistic missile system |
Place of origin | South Korea |
Service history | |
In service | 2026 (planned) [1] |
Used by | Republic of Korea Air Force |
Production history | |
Designer |
Agency for Defense Development (system) Hanwha (anti-ballistic) [2] LIG Nex1 (anti-aircraft) |
Designed | Block I: 2019–2024 (planned)
[3]
[4] Block II: 2024–2035 (planned) [5] |
Manufacturer |
Hanwha Aerospace
[2] LIG Nex1 |
Specifications | |
Operational range | Block I: 150 km (93 mi) (Both interceptors) [3] |
Flight ceiling | Block I: 40 km (130,000 ft) – 60 km (200,000 ft)
[3]
[6] Block II: 120 km (390,000 ft) – 180 km (590,000 ft) [5] |
The L-SAM (Long-range Surface-to-Air Missile; Korean: 장거리 지대공 미사일; RR: Janggeori Jidaegong Misail) is a South Korean multi-layered missile defense system being developed by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD). It aims to shoot down North Korea's ballistic missiles such as KN-23 and KN-24 in the terminal phase. [6] It will use a trailer-mounted S band AESA radar. [7] [8] It will be an upper-tier interceptor for a layered defense, as part of the Korean Air and Missile Defense (KAMD) project, slated to be ready in the early 2020s, with the lower tier composed of Patriot PAC-3 and KM-SAM batteries. [9]
Performance levels are superior to Patriot and KM-SAM missiles, showing almost double the performance compared to the aforementioned missiles. It has a hot launch type missile system that is different from KM-SAM, a cold launch type.
The L-SAM system is expected to use two types of interceptors: one for anti-air meant to target general air breathing threats such aircraft or cruise missiles and the other for anti-ballistic . The anti-ballistic missile (ABM) consists of a total of three stages and uses a hit-to-kill system that intercepts targets with a kill vehicle with infrared sensors and precise flight control capabilities, and the missile interceptor will be capable of intercepting missiles at altitudes between 40 and 60 km. An L-SAM battery will consist of a multifunction radar, a command-and-control (C2) center, a combat control station, and four truck-mounted launchers, two for each missile type. [3] [6]
L-SAM demonstrated its intercept capability by succeeding three out of a total of four missile interception tests between November 2022 and June 2023. [4] [6]
On 25 April 2023, the 153rd Defense Acquisition Program Promotion Committee deliberated and approved on a plan to develop a new missile defense system with a higher intercepting altitude than the existing L-SAM with a budget of 2.71 trillion won by 2027. The new missile system, named L-SAM 2, includes high-altitude interceptor missiles and glide phase interceptor (GPI) missiles, and is estimated to have an interception altitude of 180 km. [5]
Long-range Surface-to-Air Missile 장거리 지대공 미사일 | |
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Type | Long-range, mobile surface-to-air missile/ anti-ballistic missile system |
Place of origin | South Korea |
Service history | |
In service | 2026 (planned) [1] |
Used by | Republic of Korea Air Force |
Production history | |
Designer |
Agency for Defense Development (system) Hanwha (anti-ballistic) [2] LIG Nex1 (anti-aircraft) |
Designed | Block I: 2019–2024 (planned)
[3]
[4] Block II: 2024–2035 (planned) [5] |
Manufacturer |
Hanwha Aerospace
[2] LIG Nex1 |
Specifications | |
Operational range | Block I: 150 km (93 mi) (Both interceptors) [3] |
Flight ceiling | Block I: 40 km (130,000 ft) – 60 km (200,000 ft)
[3]
[6] Block II: 120 km (390,000 ft) – 180 km (590,000 ft) [5] |
The L-SAM (Long-range Surface-to-Air Missile; Korean: 장거리 지대공 미사일; RR: Janggeori Jidaegong Misail) is a South Korean multi-layered missile defense system being developed by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD). It aims to shoot down North Korea's ballistic missiles such as KN-23 and KN-24 in the terminal phase. [6] It will use a trailer-mounted S band AESA radar. [7] [8] It will be an upper-tier interceptor for a layered defense, as part of the Korean Air and Missile Defense (KAMD) project, slated to be ready in the early 2020s, with the lower tier composed of Patriot PAC-3 and KM-SAM batteries. [9]
Performance levels are superior to Patriot and KM-SAM missiles, showing almost double the performance compared to the aforementioned missiles. It has a hot launch type missile system that is different from KM-SAM, a cold launch type.
The L-SAM system is expected to use two types of interceptors: one for anti-air meant to target general air breathing threats such aircraft or cruise missiles and the other for anti-ballistic . The anti-ballistic missile (ABM) consists of a total of three stages and uses a hit-to-kill system that intercepts targets with a kill vehicle with infrared sensors and precise flight control capabilities, and the missile interceptor will be capable of intercepting missiles at altitudes between 40 and 60 km. An L-SAM battery will consist of a multifunction radar, a command-and-control (C2) center, a combat control station, and four truck-mounted launchers, two for each missile type. [3] [6]
L-SAM demonstrated its intercept capability by succeeding three out of a total of four missile interception tests between November 2022 and June 2023. [4] [6]
On 25 April 2023, the 153rd Defense Acquisition Program Promotion Committee deliberated and approved on a plan to develop a new missile defense system with a higher intercepting altitude than the existing L-SAM with a budget of 2.71 trillion won by 2027. The new missile system, named L-SAM 2, includes high-altitude interceptor missiles and glide phase interceptor (GPI) missiles, and is estimated to have an interception altitude of 180 km. [5]