South Korea and the United States used Hyunmoo-2 and ATACMS missiles as part of joint military exercises.
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The military of both countries used under twoground-to-air tactical ballistic missiles ATACMS. This was the response of the United States and the Republic of Korea to the actions of the DPRK, which launched its own ballistic missile over Japan.
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Jet aircraft took part in military exercisesmultiple launch rocket systems M270 MLRS. Note that the European M270, unlike the American ones, cannot use ATACMS tactical missiles with a launch range of up to 300 km.
In 1997, the Republic of Korea allocated nearly $300million for the purchase of ATACMS in the Block 1 modification with a launch range of 145 km. In total, Seoul purchased 111 missiles and 29 M270 MLRS launchers. Two years later, Lockheed Martin received almost $81 million to develop 111 Block 1A missiles with a range of up to 300 km.
But an unfortunate incident occurred during the exercises.South Korea launched two Hyunmoo-2 rockets, but one of them fell on the territory of a military base. Residents reported an explosion, but the headquarters said that the rocket did not explode, and the fire started due to the burning of rocket fuel.