South Korea announced Monday it has developed an advanced artillery-locating radar to help counter North Korea's rocket threats more effectively.
The mobile radar system, called "counter-artillery detection radar-II," will be operational starting in 2018, according to the country's arms procurement agency.
"In recent tests it met all of the required operational capabilities of the military. It has been assessed to be fit for combat use," the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said in a statement.
Developed over six years and worth around 54 billion won ($47.7 million), the new system would add to the Army's existing ARTHUR-K radar imported from Sweden.
The counter-battery radar developed by South Korea can find the location of the enemy's artillery forces more than 60 kilometers further away, versus around 40km by the ARTHUR-K, said the DAPA.
It can operate for around eight hours in a row, some two more hours than the Swedish radar, it added.
The North has a vast array of artillery deployed near the inter-Korean border that can reach Seoul and nearby Gyeonggi Province with a population of roughly 20 million. (Yonhap)
The mobile radar system, called "counter-artillery detection radar-II," will be operational starting in 2018, according to the country's arms procurement agency.
"In recent tests it met all of the required operational capabilities of the military. It has been assessed to be fit for combat use," the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said in a statement.
Developed over six years and worth around 54 billion won ($47.7 million), the new system would add to the Army's existing ARTHUR-K radar imported from Sweden.
The counter-battery radar developed by South Korea can find the location of the enemy's artillery forces more than 60 kilometers further away, versus around 40km by the ARTHUR-K, said the DAPA.
It can operate for around eight hours in a row, some two more hours than the Swedish radar, it added.
The North has a vast array of artillery deployed near the inter-Korean border that can reach Seoul and nearby Gyeonggi Province with a population of roughly 20 million. (Yonhap)
