SEOUL, Sept 15 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea successfully test fired a homegrown submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), the presidential Blue House said today.
The test launch was conducted in the afternoon, at a test site of the state-run Agency for Defence Development (ADD), in South Chungcheong province, inspected by South Korean President, Moon Jae-in and major military figures.
The indigenously-developed SLBM was launched underwater, from a domestically-developed 3,000-tonne Dosan Ahn Chang-ho submarine, that was put into commission on Aug 13.
The missile travelled a planned distance and hit the target precisely, the Blue House said. The submarine is known to have six vertical launch tubes.
The ADD conducted several ground- and water tank-based tests of the SLBM, the defence ministry said, in a separate statement.
The SLBM was reportedly codenamed “Hyunmoo 4-4” as it was developed based on the technology of the country’s Hyunmoo-2B ballistic missile, with a range of about 500 km.– NNN-YONHAP
