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| SSM-700K C-Star | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Anti-ship missile |
| Place of origin | South Korea |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2006–present |
| Used by | See§ Users |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Agency for Defense Development LIG Nex1 Hanwha Techwin |
| Designed | 1996–2003 |
| Manufacturer | LIG Nex1 Samsung/Hanwha Techwin |
| Unit cost | ₩2,000,000,000 (US$1.75 million) |
| Produced | 2004–present |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 792 kg (with launcher: 1,061 kg) |
| Length | 5.46 m |
| Diameter | 0.34 m |
| Warhead weight | 250 kg |
Detonation mechanism | Impactfuze |
| Engine | Hanwha Techwin SS-760K (later SSE-750K)turbojet |
Operational range | 180+ km[1] |
| Flight altitude | Sea-skimming |
| Maximum speed | 1,162.8 km/h (Mach 0.95) |
Guidance system |
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TheSSM-700K C-Star (Haeseong) (Korean: 해성, Sea Star) is a ship-launchedsea-skimmingsurface-to-surfaceanti-shipcruise missile developed by the South KoreanAgency for Defense Development (ADD),LIG Nex1 and theRepublic of Korea Navy in 2003.[1] The missiles have deployed onKDX-II andKDX-III destroyers as of 2006, each carrying 8 and 16 of the missiles respectively, and onUlsan-class frigates.
During the 1970s, the Republic of Korea Navy decided to importExocet anti-ship missiles to deter North Korea's naval provocations. Considering the fact that theKorean People's Navy was then and now mostly composed of multiple small to midsize ships, a cheap, small guided anti-ship missile was proposed. In 1978, the Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD) started the development of theHae Ryong anti-ship missile, and by 1987, the ROK Navy approved for the mass production of the missiles. But theHae Ryong was fitted with a semi-activelaser guidance system, limiting its tactical capability during bad weather. Additional pressure from the United States ultimately resulted in the project's termination.
In 1990, the problem of large proportions of the defense budget going into buying anti-ship missiles from foreign countries was brought up. The ROK Navy ordered the ADD to develop a missile that was on par with or better in performance than theHarpoon Block 1C missile. The new missile was codenamedHaeseong, and research of the following core missile technologies was started in 1996.
After 7 years of research, on August 21, 2003, the ADD successfully test fired theHaeseong and sunk the target dummy vessel. On December 20, 2005, the first production model was successfully fired fromROKS Dae Jo-yeong (DDH-977) KDX-II class destroyer.
A mid-range cruise missile, theHaeseong was developed for over-the-horizon warfare, capable of attacking targets out to 150 km (93 miles). Traveling at ultra-low sea-skimming altitudes, it uses a high-subsonic, high-capacityturbojet, with aninertial navigation system (INS) andGlobal Positioning System (GPS) to guide it toward its target, using aradar altimeter to maintain altitude. Anactive radar is used for targeting in the terminal phase immediately before impact. It was designed to be deployed in an activeelectronic warfare environment, fitted with both detection and countermeasures systems. The warhead itself is similar to the Harpoon, fitted with an impact or penetration fuse. TheHaeseong is also suitable for shore-launched coastal defense from both fixed and mobile land platforms. The development agency claims "a 100 per cent accuracy rate in live fire tests", such as atExercise RIMPAC.[2]
It is reported that an unknown number of C-Star missiles were sold to Colombia.
In September 2011, South Korean defense officials confirmed the development of a supersonic cruise missile based on the Haeseong I.Haeryong (Sea Dragon), or Haeseong II, is designed as a ship-to-surface cruise missile that travels faster than Mach 1 and can evade defense systems to accurately strike ground targets, particularly North Korean missile launch pads. The missile was developed without the assistance of the United States and will not be offered for export due to restrictions of theMissile Technology Control Regime. Ships will launch the missile with the installation ofvertical and slant launch systems.[3]
Development of the Haeryong, also called the Tactical Ship to Land Missile (TSLM), was completed in 2014 andFFX-I-class frigates began operating the slant-launched (SL) version from the same inclined canister launchers that fire the anti-ship missile in 2016. Mass production of the vertical launch (VL) version, differing by the presence of a more powerful launch booster with thrust vectoring, to equip FFX-II and FFX-III-class frigates will begin in 2018 and become operational in 2019. The TSLM is equipped with asubmunition warhead capable of "covering two football fields" combining ashaped charge and fragmentation jacket to penetrate armored vehicles and destroy soft targets to strike North Korean artillery and missile systems; it can be retargeted in-flight and has improved obstacle avoidance with a 200 km (120 mi) range.[4][5][6][7]
There is a cruise missile called theHaeseong III designed to be launched underwater from submarines,[8] but this is actually the designation for theHyunmoo-3 cruise missile when launched from a submarine and is unrelated to the previous Haeseong missiles.[9]
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33 units were delivered by 2007 for the first production phase of the missile. 100 moreHaeseong missiles are to be delivered to the ROK Navy by 2010.
| Production phase | Production date | Production number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 2005–2007 | 33 | - |
| Phase 2 | 2008–2010 | 100+ | - |
Colombia: Ordered in 2012 for theAlmirante Padilla-class frigate.[10]
South Korea[2]
Philippines[11]
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