Editing Anti-ballistic missile (section)

=== South Korea ===
Since North Korea started developing its nuclear weapon program, South Korea has been under imminent danger. South Korea started its BDM program by acquiring 8 batteries of the [[MIM-104 Patriot]] ('''PAC-2''') missiles from the United States. The '''PAC-2''' was developed to destroy incoming aircraft and is now unreliable in defending a ballistic missile attack from North Korea, as they have developed further their nuclear program. As of 2018, South Korea decided to improve its defense system by upgrading to the '''PAC-3''', which has a hit-to-kill capability against incoming missiles.<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last=Park |first=Hwee Rhak |date=2018 |title=The Ballistic Missile Defense Construction Strategies of South Korea and Japan: Self-reliance versus Cooperation with the US |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26909945 |journal=Journal of International and Area Studies |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=87–106 |jstor=26909945 |issn=1226-8550}}</ref>  The main reason that the South Korean anti-ballistic defense system is not very developed is because they have tried to developed their own, without help from other countries, since the beginning of the 1990s.<ref name=":6" /> The South Korean [[Defense Acquisition Program Administration]] '''(DAPA)''' has confirmed that it has test launched the [[L-SAM]] system in February 2022. This particular missile has been in development since 2019 and is South Korea's next anti-ballistic missile generation. It is expected to have a range of 150&nbsp;km and be able to intercept targets between 40&nbsp;km and 100&nbsp;km of altitude, and it can also be used as an aircraft interceptor. The [[L-SAM]] system is expected to be complete and ready to use in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Korea tests indigenous long-range surface-to-air missile |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/south-korea-tests-indigenous-long-range-surface-to-air-missile |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=Janes.com |language=en}}</ref>