South Korean Air and Missile Defence systems

Forgot to mention that L-SAM block-1 ABM interceptor is already bigger than THAAD-ER effector, with one additional upper-stage. Despite this it has much smaller envelope than THAAD. Goes to show how good the US is in airframe and guidance optimisation, as well as how advanced their solid propellant motor technology is.

Though I'd also say that the system has a lot of room for growth with such size, just like how Standard Missile engagement envelope grew by multiples of factors without noticeable change in size.
 
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This is Chun-goong block 1 effector side thruster design. As you've guessed, it's a SIE similar to PAC-3 side thrusters and is used for both missile attitude control after launch and during terminal phase.

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Chun-goong block 2 has two separate side thrusters, of which the terminal phase side thruster being what ADD calls a "Nozzle Closure Separation Device". Post-launch ACS is very similar to what was already being used in block 1. The new DCS is more similar to 9M96 in terms of how it is structured internally.

So overall, quite a difference for the side thruster designs for both the block 1 and block 2 effectors.


Chun-goong uses kinetic energy rod warhead, whereas to my knowledge, 9M96 variants doesn't.


I don't know what the original source material that you have translated is, but that is false info. L-SAM AAM will have its DCS side thruster placed just in front of the main propellant behind the guidance section. What it doesn't have is the post-launch ACS, since it is hot-launched unlike Chungung
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94% interception rate? That is very impressive and such performance will clearly be a big boon for the company making this SAM system. Anyway the cylindrical launch tubes and how they're mount on the TEL makes me think of a THAAD missile-launcher.
 
Well... I think we'll have to wait until after this incident to learn more about the M-SAM's specific interception rate and the targets it targets. For now, considering the source is a member of the South Korean National Assembly's National Defense Committee and the fact that the South Korean government agreed to deliver 30 guided missiles between the 8th and 9th in response to an urgent request from the UAE, it seems clear that the system is operating normally.
 

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