The country's scientific researchers independently developed a carrier-based air defense missile that lasted seven years and successfully developed and passed the test. South Korea named the missile "Sea Bow".

Recently, many Korean media competed to report a news: The country's scientific researchers independently developed a carrier-based air defense missile that lasted seven years, and successfully passed the test. South Korea named the missile "Sea Bow". The relevant media particularly emphasized in the report that the successful development of the "Sea Bow" indicates that South Korea has the ability to produce its own national brand of carrier-based missile . Previously, cutting-edge weapons such as this were heavily relied on purchasing from foreign countries. The Korean Defense Department even calls the "Sea Bow" world-class defense performance.

As we all know, with the changes in the modern world, South Korea has been ravaged by the iron hoof of the Japanese invaders. After independence, South Korea realized that only by being strong can it be no longer invaded. At the same time, South Korea also dreams of returning to the Tanjun era and becoming a powerful country in East Asia and even the world. To become a strong country, in addition to achieving industrial modernization, one's own national defense and military strength should also reach the level of a world-class power. Based on this, South Korea has invested a lot of money every year in military construction in recent decades. According to data statistics, South Korea's annual military expenditure accounts for about 6% of the entire GDP. So far, the weapons and equipment strength of the South Korean army has also reached a high level in the whole world. According to a statistics from relevant world media, South Korea's military power ranks among the top ten globally, which means that South Korea seems to be a military power in the world.

However, since the South Korean army has rarely participated in overseas operations in recent decades, and many advanced cutting-edge weapons were purchased from the United States and other countries, such as the Patriot missile , Boeing 737 early warning aircraft, etc., South Korea's comprehensive combat effectiveness and military weapons research and development capabilities are seriously insufficient. Koreans also know that buying and buying is not a problem after all. Once South Korea and the United States have a stalemate, advanced weapons are stuck by the United States, and then their defense will be shattered compared to neighboring countries. So South Korea began to develop its own weapons and eventually developed the "Sea Bow".

Let’s first talk about the weapon of “Sea Bow” ship-based air defense missile. Previously, the anti-ship missile loaded on the South Korean destroyer , landing ship and frigate was RIM-116 produced by Raytheon. With the advent of the "Sea Bow", South Korea plans to replace the RIM-116 in recent years. At present, the detailed parameters of the "Sea Bow" missile have not been revealed. According to fragmentary known data, the "Sea Bow" is equipped with a dual engine system, and its range is only 20 kilometers. It can be seen that the "Sea Bow" mainly targets the close-range threats of various missiles and ships. According to the words of relevant South Korean military personnel, the "Sea Bow" is not inferior in countering various missile attacks. Any anti-ship missile with a speed of more than Mach 2 cannot escape the interception of the "Sea Bow".

Is this true?

In previous tests, relevant Korean researchers used the "Sea Bow" to conduct an interception test. Among all the ten anti-ship missiles intercepted, the Sea Bow effectively intercepted nine. According to this test results, there is no doubt that the "Sea Bow" has reached a world-class level in terms of accuracy in intercepting targets. However, according to industry insiders, in order to improve the hit rate, the various test standards of "Sea Bow" are very low. "Sea Bow" only intercepted two of the sea-sweeping heights, and the others were intercepted at high altitudes, and even one missile was not hit. If this is the case, it will be a big question whether the "Sea Bow" can intercept and deal with various targets. In addition to the test standards of

, it is also reported that the "Sea Bow" is surprisingly slow to fly, and its speed is only at Mach 0.5. Not to mention that this speed is slower than many of the subsonic anti-ship missiles in the world, even most subsonic aircraft are faster than it.

South Korea's purpose of vigorously developing ship-based air defense missiles is to use ship-based air defense missiles to make the final defense after all defenses are broken. At this level, can the "Sea Bow" effectively deal with various anti-ship missiles?

Not to mention the level of the entire world, just make a simple comparison with South Korea's "Sea Bow".The Russian X-35 can fly at an altitude of 3 to 5 meters on the sea surface and its flight speed is Mach 0.9. Japan's XASM-3 flight speed is Mach 3, and it can also fly close to the water surface. Even the Xiongfeng-3 missile in our Taiwan Province can fly across the sea, and its flight speed is Mach 2.5. It can be seen that since the "Sea Bow" cannot effectively intercept anti-ship missiles flying close to the sea, coupled with the limitations of the subsonic anti-ship missile itself: the time from detection to the incoming missile to the response is only thirty seconds, in the face of the anti-ship missiles that are surging the sea, the "Sea Bow" does not have enough ability to respond. The so-called "Sea Bow" missile on South Korea's side is the last line of defense in South Korea's national defense, which reminds people of the "Magino Line of Defense".

From this we can see that the "Sea Bow" does not have world-class capabilities. Compared with the subsonic missiles in most countries, there are many areas that need urgent improvement. South Korea's practice of blindly improving its military scientific research capabilities but lacking a rigorous scientific attitude is just deceiving itself, and it is itself who is injured in the end. Once the national military is in a critical moment, it will definitely not be able to effectively solve the threat. I still hope that Korean society can get rid of the big fame, face up to its own shortcomings, and study independent military weapons steadily with a rigorous scientific attitude, so that it can become a world-class power.