South Korea’s defense project promotion committee headed by defense minister Suh Wook approved a 2.89 trillion-won ($2.56 billion) project to develop its own interceptor system similar to Israel’s Iron Dome.
Work on the project is expected to begin next year.
Last year, the defense ministry pledged to build such an air defense system as a longer-term plan. The Iron Dome is designed to detect, identify and destroy incoming threats, such as short-range missiles, artillery shells and unmanned aerial vehicles.
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