Rising defense exports test supply chain resilience | The Korea Times

An explosion at Hanwha Aerospace's missile production facility in Daejeon has exposed structural vulnerabilities in South Korea's defense supply chain, where critical weapons components often depend on single qualified manufacturers with no easy replacement path.

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