The K-SAAM (Korean Surface-to-Anti Air Missile; ) is a South Korean short range ship-launched

surface-to-air missile A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-ai ...

(SAM) system that is being developed by the

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(ADD),

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and Hanhwa Defense. It features inertial mid-course guidance and a dual microwave and

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seeker for terminal guidance. It will replace the

RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile The RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) is a small, lightweight, infrared homing surface-to-air missile in use by the German, Japanese, Greek, Turkish, South Korean, Saudi Arabian, Egyptian, Mexican, UAE, and United States navies. It wa ...

(RAM). It has been deployed on ''Daegu''-class frigates and ROKS ''Marado''.

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Development started in 2011 which was extended for 2 more years after series of failures during testing in 2016 with testing in 2017 being deemed successful and questioned by anonymous source with knowledge involving evaluation test which referred to North Korean Kumsong-3 anti-ship missile as one of major threats for ROK navy's ships along with other neighbouring countries.

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In 2024, it is reported that

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had interest in equipping its Littoral Mission Ship Batch 2 with Korean Surface-to-Anti Air Missile (K-SAAM).

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