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[ Chart 4-8 ] Major Force Buildup Projects in 2018
Weapons Systems Ongoing Projects New Projects

High-altitude reconnaissance

Battlefield Awareness/
unmanned aerial vehicle Second upgrade of the ground
Command and Control,
Tactical Information Communication tactical C4I system
Communications
Network (TICN)
K-2 tank, ROK indigenous helicopter
Firefinder radar II
Maneuver/Fires 230mm Multiple-Launch Rocket
230mm non-guided missile (R&D)
System(MLRS)
Tactical ship-to-surface missile

Gwanggaeto III–class destroyer
(vertical type)
Maritime Assets (Batch II)
Combined influence minesweeping
Jangbogo III–class submarine (Batch I)
system
Upgrade of the Identification, friend or
F-35A
Air Assets foe system
Aerial refueling tanker
Service life extension of KF-16D
Chapter 4
| 2019–2023 Defense Mid-Term Force Enhancement Plan | For the implementation of
“Defense Reform 2.0,” the MND will invest 94.1 trillion from 2019 to 2023 to acquire core

forces to deter and respond to nuclear and missile threats as the top priority and build key
military capabilities for wartime operation control (OPCON) transition to establish the ROK
Armed Forces–led combined defense system. The MND will secure forces necessary for the
reorganization of the military structure into a future-oriented one, while strengthening the

capacity to protect ROK nationals residing abroad and respond to the growing nonmilitary
threats such as terrorism as well as accidents and disasters. In addition, to help the ROK defense
community lead the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the MND will strengthen national defense

R&D capabilities and ensure conditions to invigorate the defense industry.
First, to respond to nuclear and missile threats, surveillance and reconnaissance forces, which
can detect and identify signs of North Korea’s provocations, including military reconnaissance

satellites and intermediate- and high-altitude UAVs, will be acquired. At the same time,
command and control forces that can combine and spread detection and identif ication data and
thereby link them with strike systems will be built. Missile forces capable of striking detected

and identified targets from long distance as well as F-35As capable of stealth strikes will also be
acquired. To improve the defense capabilities of the Korea Air and Missile Defense (KAMD)
designed to intercept ballistic missiles f ired toward the ROK, there will be a push to upgrade the

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