MOSCOW, July 28. /TASS/. In mid-July, LIG Defense and Aerospace (LIG D&A, formerly LIG Nex1) of South Korea presented to journalists its newest surface-to-air missile (SAM), the KSAM-II (Korean Ship-to-Air Missile - II), which it is developing to replace the American SM-2, the online publication daum.net reported, posting a photograph of the missile.
According to the portal, the presentation of the first prototype of the SAM, also designated as the FAM-II (Fleet-to-Air Missile - II), took place at the company’s Plant 3, located in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province. The missile, designed to intercept enemy aircraft and cruise missiles, is about 6 meters long and consists of three sections.
The forward section is furnished with various computing equipment, including a "third-generation precision seeker" made from semiconductors. According to daum.net, this is the "brain" of the SAM. The publication noted that while the first-generation seeker on the Cheongung missile detects aerial targets 1.4 meters or more in length, the KSAM-II seeker can detect objects as short as 30 cm.
The speed at which it processes information has also been significantly increased. To effectively predict the target’s direction and speed, the KSAM-II’s onboard computer updates its trajectory data approximately 100 times per second--five times faster than that of the American SM-2.
