Background and Implications of the Development of the Hyunmoo Missile (2017.11)

• Author : Jiil Kim
• Journal : Strategic Studies
• Publisher : Korea Research Institute for Strategy
• Volume : 73
• Publication Date : November, 2017
• Abstract : In its early days, Chun Du-Hwan’s administration downsized the Agency for Defense Development (ADD), which played a pivotal role in the independent local development of weapons, particularly missiles. Just a few years after that, the government rushed to expand the ADD again and develop the Hyunmoo Missile. The present research analyses the reasons for this turn. Specifically, the article has the following two objectives. First, to apply to the development of the Hyunmoo Missile the practical principles that formed between Korea and the U.S. with the signing of the Korea-U.S. Missile Memorandum of Understanding during Park Chung-hee’s administration and analyse the implications. Second, to clarify the facts leading to the development of the Hyunmoo Missile during Chun Du-Hwan’s administration and correct existing inaccuracies in historical records. To perform these tasks, the study employs thorough literature analysis in search for answers, making maximum use of declassified documents and filling the missing parts with primary materials.

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