{"id":261481,"date":"2026-05-23T01:10:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/23\/south-korea-boosts-aegis-fleet-defense-with-new-u-s-sm-6-missiles\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T01:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:10:49","slug":"south-korea-boosts-aegis-fleet-defense-with-new-u-s-sm-6-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/military\/2026\/05\/23\/south-korea-boosts-aegis-fleet-defense-with-new-u-s-sm-6-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea Boosts Aegis Fleet Defense with New U.S. SM-6 Missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0083\/image-2918c391-746c-4e46-8ad2-98e7bacf8924.jpeg\" alt=\"[\ud5e4\ub7f4\ub4dc\uacbd\uc81cDB]\" class=\"img_LSize\"> [Herald Economy = Yoon Ho, Reporter] The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said May 22 that it has reviewed and approved the selection of the long-range, ship-launched SM-6 air-defense missile and the basic system development plan for the Military Satellite Communications System-III.<\/p>\n<p>DAPA made the announcement after holding the 175th meeting of the Defense Acquisition Program Promotion Committee at the Ministry of National Defense in Yongsan, Seoul.<\/p>\n<p>The SM-6 program will acquire U.S.-made SM-6 missiles for installation on King Sejong the Great\u2013class Aegis destroyers (KDX-III Batch-II) through a government-to-government Foreign Military Sales (FMS) arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2023, at the committee\u2019s 150th meeting, DAPA approved a revised basic strategy for the \u201cSM-6-class\u201d program and a first purchase plan. The U.S. State Department granted provisional approval for the sale in November 2023.<\/p>\n<p>When the program was approved in 2023, the total cost including a second purchase was estimated at about 770 billion KRW (roughly $577.5 million) with a schedule running from 2023 to 2031. The plan has since been revised to about 530 billion KRW (roughly $397.5 million), with the timeline extended to 2023\u20132034. Officials said the government initially planned to buy roughly 100 SM-6 missiles, but a reduced procurement quantity lowered the program cost.<\/p>\n<p>DAPA said the SM-6 acquisition will strengthen Aegis destroyers\u2019 defenses against anti-ship ballistic missiles, aircraft and cruise missiles, and improve their ballistic-missile response capability.<\/p>\n<p>At the same meeting, the committee also approved the basic system development plan for the Military Satellite Communications System-III. Led by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD), the program will develop a military geostationary communications satellite and its ground control and terminal systems. The research and development effort is budgeted at about 1.27 trillion KRW (roughly $952.5 million) from this year through 2032.<\/p>\n<p>DAPA said the System-III program aims to field the new satellite before existing systems retire, replace aging ground infrastructure, increase communications capacity, domesticize critical components, improve operational readiness, and ensure more stable command-and-control for military forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defense Acquisition Program Administration approved the SM-6 missile project and military satellite communication system development 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