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MILITARY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING
How South Korea is Transforming Into a Weapons Export Giant | WSJ
MILITARY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING
How South Korea is Transforming Into a Weapons Export Giant | WSJ
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Peter Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
Wall Street Journal
Sep 18, 2023 4.65M subscribers ... 192,183 views ... 3.7K likes
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South Korea is the fastest-growing arms exporter in the world, with their defense exports growing by 177% in just a five-year period. Although the U.S., Russia and France have larger defense industries, analysts say the pace at which Seoul is expanding marks a shift for their future.
South Korea’s largest defense company, Hanwha, is quickly constructing K-9 Howitzers for Poland and new submarines called KSS-iii that could help bolster NATO’s arsenal in the future.
WSJ takes a rare look inside Hanwha’s facilities to see how South Korea is transforming into a defense giant and explores what this means for the Western military alliance.
- 0:00 South Korea’s defense industry
- 0:47 K-9 Howitzers and speed of production
- 2:11 Submarines
- 3:22 Supply chain
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
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