LIG Nex1 Unveils KF-21 "Total Missile Package" to End Reliance on European Munitions
LIG Nex1, through its LIG D&A defense arm, presented a roughly $2.8 billion "Total Missile Package" for the KF-21 to about 250 government, military, and industry representatives at the OSCO Convention Centre in Cheongju, aimed at replacing European air-to-air and long-range weapons with indigenous Korean munitions. The bundle covers domestic beyond-visual-range and precision-strike missiles integrated to the KF-21, reducing export and supply-chain dependence on foreign missile makers. It follows Cheonryong safe-separation integration trials on FA-50 platforms in late June that demonstrated roughly one-meter point-target accuracy.
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