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Why is South Korea developing an Israeli-style Iron Dome?


Why is South Korea developing an Israeli-style Iron Dome?
Frank Smith
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The Israeli Iron Dome missile defence system, left, intercepts rockets, right, fired by the Hamas movement towards southern Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip as seen in the sky above the Gaza Strip overnight on May 14, 2021 [File: Anas Baba/AFP]
Seoul, South Korea – South Korea is developing a new artillery and short-range rocket defence system modelled after Israel’s Iron Dome, in a further upgrade to its military hardware on a peninsula that technically remains at war.
The South Korean government said last month that it plans to spend about $2.5bn on research and development and deploy the new system by 2035. ....

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