Further to the recent Korean SAM delivery to the UAE.
South Korea quietly won the missile defense arms race, and almost nobody noticed.
While Washington was busy explaining why Patriot batteries cost as much as a small country’s GDP, Seoul’s Cheongung system went 29 for 30 in its combat debut over Iranian airspace. That is a 96.7% kill rate. In real missiles. In a real war.
LIG Nex1 built a system that works better and costs a fraction of the price. Gulf nations are already calling. The order books are filling up.
South Korea just became the most interesting arms exporter on the planet. The Patriot lobby will not enjoy this week.