South Korean SAM

South Korea successfully test fired the locally produced Chunma, a "Pegasus" surface-to-air missile (SAM) on 27 October. Development of the 10km (6nm)-range weapon, which has been aided by Thomson-CSF, is due to be completed by December. Prime contractor Daewoo hopes to put missile into production in 1998.

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