South Korea Ballistic Missile Range Guidelines

The guidelines were an agreement between South Korea and the United States, operating from 1979 to 2021, aiming to reduce missile proliferation in the region.

[1] In 2001, United States officials agreed to extend the range limit to 300 km, which only applied to high-velocity, free flight ballistic missiles, excluding slower, surface-skimming cruise weapons.

South Korea developed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and cruise missile called Hyunmoo-3.

[5] On October 6, 2012, after numerous caucuses between South Korea and the U.S., both agreed to extend the ballistic missile range to 800 km.

The National Defense Committee also stated the only thing left was resolute action and that they would show the world an ‘unimaginable war’.