North Korea launched its fourth missile this year on the 17th, and South Korea sold an M-SAM (medium-range surface-to-air missile) system worth US$3.5 billion to the UAE.
President Moon Jae-in met with UAE Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on the 16th and exchanged 'Cheongung-II business contract' between Korea LIG and Hanwha Systems and Tawajun, the UAE Ministry of National Defense's Public Procurement Service.
At a briefing in Dubai on the 17th, Kang Eun-ho, director of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, was asked if he was negotiating an export contract with Cheongung-II with countries other than the UAE. I'll tell you when it's done," he said.
On November 16, last year, the UAE Ministry of National Defense announced that it would import US$3.5 billion worth of M-SAM (medium-range surface-to-air missiles), South Korea's air defense system.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on the 17th that "this morning, two projectiles presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles launched eastward from the Sunan Airfield in Pyongyang were detected."
Japan's Coast Guard announced at 8:45 a.m. on the same day that a North Korean projectile was a possible ballistic missile, NHK reported.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters at around 8:56 a.m. on the same day that North Korea had fired an unidentified projectile into the East Sea.
North Korea fired one ballistic missile claiming to be a 'hypersonic missile' in the Jagang Province area from the 5th to the 11th, and on the 14th, the Pyeongbuk Railway Mobile Missile Regiment's inspection and firing exercise announced that it would fire two missiles on a train track in Uiju, North Pyongan Province. .
The Korea-UAE summit between President Moon and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi was canceled the day before, originally scheduled for the 17th.
Regarding the export of Chungung, the Asian economy said, “It is known that Hanwha Defense, which produced the launch pad, suffered from difficulties in negotiating the initial development cost (NRE) in the UAE. reported on the 13th.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 12th that "the US side has informed the Office of Overseas Assets Control (OFAC) under the Ministry of Finance to issue a specific license on the 6th of this month for the remittance of the indemnity."
The U.S. special envoy for Iran, Robert Marley, met in Vienna with First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-gun in the negotiations to restore the Iran nuclear agreement (JCPOA) and notified the issuance of a special permit for the approval of the U.S. financial system for South Korea's remittances to Iran, media reported.
President Moon, who has been leading armaments since the Berlin Peace Declaration under the Trump regime, has also promoted arms export contracts with Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
During a visit to Australia on December 12 last year, President Moon exported 1 trillion won worth of self-propelled artillery to the summit.
The Defense Technology Promotion Institute's '2021 World Defense Market Yearbook' announced in December of last year that Korea's arms exports increased by 210% from 2016 to 2020 compared to the previous five years.
A drone strike by Yemeni Houthi rebels on the UAE caused explosions in an industrial area and a new airport construction site in Abu Dhabi on the 17th, Reuters reported.
President Moon was originally scheduled to visit Abu Dhabi, where the attack was carried out, and hold a summit meeting with the Crown Prince, but it was canceled in advance. there was.
After the UAE, President Moon is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia.