The Revolution in Military Affairs and the Defence Industry
in South Korea
Authors: Chung-in Moon and Jin-Young Lee
Volume 4, Number 4 (Summer 2008), pp. 117-134.
Abstract
South Korea set about establishing an indigenous defence industry in the 1970s. By the late 1980s, a series of overseas and domestic developments moved the focus of South Korean defence industry beyond licensed production of US-designed conventional weapons to the requirements of military modernisation, including command and control. By the late 1990s, South Korea’s military modernisation had begun to assume many of the characteristics of the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) pioneered in the United States and had begun to affect profound changes in the nation’s defence industry and associated defence exports.
About the Authors
Chung-in Moon is a Professor of Political Science at Yonsei University and Editor-in-Chief of Global Asia, a quarterly magazine. He has published over 40 books and 230 articles in edited volumes and scholarly journals. His recent publications include The United States and North East Asia: Debates, Issues and New Order; Handbook of Korean Unification; Arms Control on the Korean Peninsula; War and Peace in Asia; and Ending the Cold War in Korea. cimoon@yonsei.ac.kr.
Major Jin-Young Lee is a fighter pilot and pilot instructor in the Korean Air Force. He is pursuing a PhD in politics at Yonsei University.
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