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In response to the North Korean missile threat, we have a multi-layered defense network called a three-axis system.
However, these defenses keep getting in trouble these days.
Following last month's preemptive strike missile, this time it failed to launch even an interceptor missile.
Reporter Kim Tae-hoon reports.
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Air Force held a guided missile shooting contest at Daecheon Shooting Range in Boryeong, Chungcheongnam-do on the 2nd day.
A low-altitude interception patriot pack 2 and live-fire training were conducted.
However, the Cheongung flew 25km for about 10 seconds after launch and exploded in the air in the West Sea.
A military official said, "It is presumed that the airborne suicide was to prevent a ground collision as communication between the guided missile and the fire control radar continued to be unstable."
In Patriot Pack 2, an error was caught just before launch, and the launch itself did not proceed.
A military official said, "The first shot was fired normally, but an error signal was displayed on the fire control monitor from the second shot."
Pack 2 is in charge of low-altitude defense of the South Korean missile defense system KAMD, which intercepts North Korean missiles.
The self-destructed Cheongung is for intercepting aircraft, but it is very similar in structure and parts to the improved Cheongung-II, which is in charge of the medium altitude of KAMD.
[Shin Jong-woo / Senior Analyst, Korea Defense Security Forum: L-SAM, which is in charge of KAMD's high altitude, is currently under development, and the red light is on in Chungung and Pack 2, which are in charge of KAMD's low and medium altitudes.]
Military Defense Science Research Institute After analyzing the cause of the error with , manufacturers, etc., we plan to decide whether to proceed with the remaining shooting competition scheduled for the 9th.