According to information published by the “HANI.CO.HR” website on January 7, 2022, South Korea has announced the development of the Hycore hypersonic missile to respond to the threats of North Korea. This week, many international media reported the successful launching of a hypersonic missile by North Korea that could a threat for South Korea and Asian countries.
Citing the “HANI” website, this is the first official confirmation that South Korea was developing hypersonic weapons. The South Korean Ministry of National Defense announced that it intended to make a “requirement decision” about hypersonic warheads to provide strategic deterrence against the threat of various weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, in a military-wide meeting of senior commanders in December 2020.
In December 2021, South Korea has unveiled the development of the Hycore hypersonic missile in collaboration with the South Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and the company Hanwha Defense.
According to a video released on the Twitter account of Vinod, on December 7, 2021, the new South Korean Hycore hypersonic missile will be launched from a ground station and the design of the missile seems very similar to the American X-51 Waverider hypersonic missile.