South Korea Focuses on Homegrown Technology To Gain Edge in Missile Race

A successful launch would mark a milestone in the ability of South Korean scientists and engineers to develop a missile program free of American or other foreign assistance.

South Korea Defense Ministry/Yonhap via AP
A missile is fired during U.S.-South Korea joint training at an undisclosed location in South Korea, June 6, 2022. South Korea Defense Ministry/Yonhap via AP

SEOUL — South Korea is bidding to take a significant step beyond the North’s vaunted missile program with a 200-ton rocket that is poised for launch Tuesday.

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