South Korea 2024

World Figures
Population 52 million 8.1 billion
Surface 98,480 sq. km. 133 million sq. km.
Density 525 inhabitants / sq. km. 60 inhabitants / sq. km.
Wealth 50 4,581
GDP $1.7 trillion $111 trillion
Power Purchase Parity $52,200 $30,965
Budget $324 billion $18 trillion
Strength 45 4,097
Defense Budget $44 billion $2.7 trillion
Exports $754 billion $31 trillion
Imports $753 billion $30 trillion
IOC Item Ava. Ord.
Attack Helicopters ? +36
AH-1W Super Cobra ? ?
AH-64E Apache Guardian ? 36
BO 105 ? ?
Multi-Role Fighters +59 +415
F-15K Slam Eagle 59 61
IOC Item Ava. Ord.
F-16C Block 32 ? 40
F-16C Block 52 ? 140
F-16D Block 32 ? ?
F-16D Block 52 ? ?
F-35A Lightning II ? 40
KF-16 ? 134
+59 +451
IOC Item Ava. Ord.
Area Air Defenses ? ?
MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 ? ?
M-SAM ? ?
Local Air Defenses ? +114
BiHo ? ?
Chunma ? 114
K263 ? ?
Main Battle Tanks +1,851 +1,921
K1 1,027 1,027
K1A1 484 484
K2 Black Panther 260 410
KAFV90 ? ?
T-80U 80 ?
Rocket Artillery Systems ? +218
K239 ? 218
M270 MLRS ? ?
M270A1 MLRS ? ?
Self-Propelled Howitzers +250 +1,290
K242A1 ? ?
K9 Thunder 250 250
IOC Item Ava. Ord.
M109A5 ? 1,040
Towed Howitzers ? ?
M114 ? ?
Tracked Armored Vehicles +1,700 +4,074
AAVC7A1 ? 170
AAVP7A1 ? ?
BMP-3 ? 70
K10 ARV ? 250
K200A1 1,700 3,184
K21 ? ?
K255 ? ?
K277 ? ?
KAFV30 ? ?
KAFV30M ? ?
KAFV40 ? ?
M113 ? 400
Wheeled Armored Vehicles ? ?
KW1 Scorpion ? ?
KW2 Scorpion ? ?
+3,801 +7,617
IOC Item Ava. Ord.
Cruise Missiles ? +307
AGM-84H SLAM ER ? 47
Cheonryong ? ?
Haeseong II ? ?
Hyunmu-3A ? ?
Hyunmu-3B ? ?
Hyunmu-3C ? ?
IOC Item Ava. Ord.
Taurus KEPD 350 ? 260
Tactical Ballistic Missiles ? ?
ATACMS Block I ? ?
Hyunmu-2 ? ?
Hyunmu-2B ? ?
Hyunmu-2C ? ?
? +307

News

May 27, 2025
Republic of Korea Navy Selects Rolls-Royce MT30 Gas Turbine for FFX Batch IV Frigates

The Rolls-Royce MT30 marine gas turbine and controllable pitch propellers, as well as mtu powered diesel generator sets, have again been selected for the Republic of Korea

April 30, 2025
Republic of Korea Navy Orders GE Aerospace LM500 Gas Turbines to Power Four Additional PKX-B Patrol Boats

EVENDALE, OH (April 30, 2025) – GE Aerospace will supply eight additional LM500 marine gas turbine engines for the Republic of Korea Navy’s (ROKN) PKX-B Batch-II patrol boat

April 2, 2025
US Navy Issues Contract to Provide Training Systems for South Korea's P-8A Poseidon Aircraft

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $133,500,000 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to an order (N6134022F0001) against a previously issued

December 16, 2024
FMS: Republic of Korea Pursuing Improvements for KDX-II Class Destroyers

WASHINGTON, December 16, 2024 - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of KDX-II Class Destroyers

November 19, 2024
FMS: Republic of Korea Seeking F-15K Slam Eagle Aircraft Upgrade

WASHINGTON, November 19, 2024 - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of F-15K Aircraft Upgrade

November 13, 2024
General Atomics Gray Eagle STOL Unmanned Aircraft Flies from Ship to Land

Short Takeoff and Landing UAS Operates from South Korean Warship SAN DIEGO – 13 November 2024 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

November 4, 2024
FMS: Republic of Korea Seeking Four Additional E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft

WASHINGTON, November 4, 2024 - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of E-7 Airborne Early Warning

August 19, 2024
FMS: Republic of Korea Seeks 36 AH-64E Apache Combat Helicopters

WASHINGTON, August 19, 2024 - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of AH-64E Apache Helicopters

August 15, 2024
US Air Force Orders Repair Services for the AN/AAQ-24(V) Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measure System Through 2032

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Warner Robins, Georgia, has been awarded a $378,983,000 firm-fixed price, cost-reimbursable, indefinite-delivery requirements contract to

June 14, 2024
US Army Orders PATRIOT PAC-3 Software for Foreign Military Sales Customers

Lockheed Martin Corp.-Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $65,548,326 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for Phased Array Tracking to Intercept of

May 17, 2024
Korean Aerospace Achieves First Firing of IRIS-T Air-to-Air Missile from KF-21 Fighter Jet Prototype

Diehl Defence’s IRIS-T short-range air-to-air missile (AIM-2000) has been fired for the first time as guided missile from KAI’s KF-21, Korea’s 4.

April 25, 2024
US Navy Orders Development of Standard SM-2 Block IIICU and SM-6 Block IU Missiles with Common Guidance Section

Updates will allow for continued, rapid deliveries of Standard Missile variants to the U.S. and international fleets TUCSON, Ariz.

Notes

Wealth - corrected economy size
Strength - corrected military spending
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
PPP - Purchase Power Party/Standard of Living
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