Crisis awareness, “No Change No Survival”, is the starting point for “Defense Innovation 4.0” to cope with a future challenging defense environment.
Opportunity Factor
Devenlopment of the
4th Industrial
revolution(4IR) S&T
4th Industrial
revolution(4IR) S&T
- Actualization of North
Korea’s nuclear weapons
and missiles threats - Scarcity of military service
resources due to the
second demographic cliff※Men aged 20 : about
290,000 (2021)
about 230,000 (2035) →
130,000 (2040) - Change of patterns of
warfare and intensification
of competition for technology
hegemony - Increase of instability
in Northeast Asia
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「Challenge Factors」to overcome
for future defense- Actualization of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missiles threats
- Increase of instability due to U.S.-PRC competition for hegemony in Northeast Asia
- Change in warfare paradigm and intensifying competition over technological supermacy
- Decrease in military service resources due to demographic cliff
- Men aged 20 : 257,000 (2022) → 230,000 (2035) → 130,000 (2040)
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Cutting-edge S&T development is
「the Opportunity Factor」that helps
overcome challenging defense environment.- Highly advanced Korea’s cutting-edge S&T
- 87,8% compared to level of U.S. AI technology
- Sharp rise in he global status and competitiveness of Korea’s defense industy
- Korea’s defense industy competitiveness : 80% compared to the U.S.
- Highly advanced Korea’s cutting-edge S&T