The K745A1 Red Shark (Korean: 홍상어; RR: Hong-sang-eo) torpedo, also called the K-ASROC, is a vertically launched anti-submarine missile successively developed and tested by Korea University of Science and Technology, the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and the Republic of Korea Navy in 2009.
After release, the Blue Shark independently searches for the target.
The missiles are planned to be deployed on KDX-II and KDX-III destroyers starting in 2010.
[3] They were designed in order to combat the potential threat of North Korean submarines.
[3] The Red Shark missiles are fitted to the following ship classes This article about the military of South Korea is a stub.