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<p class="text-body text-muted small">Poongsan’s 127 mm naval guided munition has a range of about 100 km. (Janes/Mike Plunkett)</p>
<p>South Korean ammunition firm Poongsan has unveiled a 127 mm gun-launched, extended-range guided munition for naval applications at the MADEX 2023 exhibition in Busan.</p>
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Dong Won Lee, Poongsan’s director of defence products exports, told
<em>Janes</em>
that the concept of 127 mm Gliding Guided Naval Munition (GGNM) is centred on the projectile being fired on a steep trajectory to a high altitude, estimated to be in the region of 20 km.
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<p>He said that once the munition reaches the highest point in its flight its wings are deployed, allowing the projectile to glide to a range of approximately 100 km.</p>
<p>The inclusion of Global Positioning System (GPS)-assisted guidance enables high accuracy, even at maximum range, Lee said. The navigation system also allows the GGNM to follow a flightpath to avoid obstacles or known defences, although this will have an impact of the achievable overall range, he said.</p>
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