Shin Jong-woo

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Commenting on the HGV test's significance

South Korea launched its first domestically developed hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) on October 8, with President Lee Jae-myung watching from the test site. The weapon climbed to altitude on a booster, separated, then dropped to low altitude and maneuvered both vertically and horizontally before striking its target at more than five times the speed of sound.

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