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ハク Mason

@mason_8718

Sep 30

Breaking news.
Hyunmoo-V was fully revealed along with other new variants of Hyunmoo series missiles just before the parade.
This almost ICBM class bizarre ballistic missile that most destructive conventional missile ever created is 36tons of total weight and equipped with 8~9tons of specially designed warhead, which can easily penetrate most protected facilities and bury them alive.
The propellent is so powerful that the missile has to adapt a cold-launching system to prevent TEL unharmed.
In addition to the V-series, new II, III, and IV missiles are being developed and mass-produced
They have not yet revealed hypersonic cruise missiles and hypersonic glide vehicle.
It also plans to mount V missiles on JSS, the world's first Arsenal ship.
It's good to see the West has another big ass missile TEL.
ROK Strategic Command is planning to have more than 200 of the Hyunmu-V alone.
Hanwha Aerospace is the manufacturer.

https://x.com/mason_8718/status/1787113818268786708?t=1uk-UMBCmWo5ZCTy--g_tg&s=19

TEL

https://x.com/mason_8718/status/1836751004488114623?t=1B7h9_gZcptforb0UOVzEw&s=19

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ハク Mason

@mason_8718

Sep 21

Intriguing. You can see K239's capabilities for the Norwegian Army in this picture.
As I've mentioned many times before, Hanwha Aerospace, the Norwegian government, and Kongsberg are now discussing K239 with each other, which is the fastest deployment, relatively cheap, and performance is also the best.
A wide variety of interesting K239 missiles are quickly being developed. (Hanwha Aerospace also confirmed that GLSDB and other missiles can be integrated if they want)
Using one system is originally on table but, It would be nice to operate HIMARS and K239 together like Poland.
●That 290+ km missile coincides with news that South Korea will prepare a new 450+km ballistic missiles by bypassing the MTCR for its customers. (Guessing it was originally required by Saudi Arabia)
● Most K239 missiles, except for special ones, are 10 to 40 percent cheaper than HIMARS munitions.
●K239 is the second most produced modern rocket artillery system after the American products in the world.
The Korean Army alone plans to have about over 370+ units, and when combined with the 288 K239 ordered by Poland and the unknown quantity of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, a huge number has been maded and it is being made.
●No idea if Norway wants cluster weapons. (US and Korea produce massive amounts of cluster weapons)

GLSDB

Homar-K firing CTM-290 missile

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ハク Mason

@mason_8718

Sep 20

Additional explanation for those who don't know.
●Hanwha Aerospace does not make tanks. (SPH is not tank...)
●In the industry, we usually use the quantity ordered from customers (domestic, overseas) than annual production. Since the Cold War, (Manufacturing to order, MTO) has been important, so production lines and production manpower have become more important. (Hyundai Rotem has allocated more resources to tank production lines than train business)
●Hanwha Group manufactures missiles, ICBM-like missiles, anti-aircraft/ballistic missiles, cutting-edge radars, sensors (IR, sonar, etc), submarines, and surface ships. (For example, K9 and K239, which account for more than half of the global market share and production.)
●It is Hyundai Rotem that makes the K2, K1, K1E1, K1E2, K1A1, K1A2, and K1A3.
●There are several subsidiaries under the Hanwha Group, of which Aerospace, Systems, and Ocean are representative defense companies.

What Hanwha guys doing in defense areas are actually..

It might be confused since Hanwha Aerospace also make IFV.

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ハク Mason

@mason_8718

Sep 20

At long last, K2 will soon have a Korean power pack.
Reportedly, the government has granted the full deployment of the Korean power pack for K2 MBT.
So far, K2 has used a power pack with a mixture of German and Korean parts, but it was decided this way because German parts became too expensive and they might interfere with the additional export of K2 to Middle Eastern countries and the 4th mass production (150!) of the ROK Army.
A high-performance power pack for the K2 was developed before, but its adoption was postponed due to political issues and internal conflicts.
(And it easily exported to Turkey for Altay tanks)

https://x.com/mason_8718/status/1800877601772478748?t=r6aYsCqoVaHb8igLuxW8OA&s=19

K2 in Romania

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ハク Mason

@mason_8718

Sep 17

So it is true that Hanwha decided to make wheeld self-propelled artillery to meet customers' needs.
It came out shortly after they lost in the UK's artillery acquisition program. (K9A2 was too heavy)
This interesting artillery is consisted with modified/reenforced K239 MRLS chassis and K9A2 turret, which is far more advanced than K9A1 turret.
It is an excellent decision and design, given that Hanwha is producing massive numbers of K9, K239 MRLS, and the 'Sky Mirror-II' Counter-battery radar, which is also based K239 chassis.
Apparently, the ROK Army possessed massive amounts of long-range artillery and missiles already, so they won't add another system to their's.

K9A2 prototype

Newly developed and deployed TPQ-74K (Sky Mirror-II) counter-battery radar.

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ハク Mason

@mason_8718

Sep 15

Sophisticated big-ass missile fire is a pleasure to see, but good old-fashioned rocket barrage is good either.
This roaring rocket sound will satisfy you.
If you look closely, the K239 MRLS can perform sustained massive rocket barrage thanks to the stabilizers.
The K239 long-range rocket artillery is a highly versatile, modern missile artillery system, and It is the second most produced rocket artillery system after American systems.