L-SAM vs SAMAR Air Defence System: Specs Compared

AAir defence

L-SAM

Long-range, mobile surface-to-air missile / anti-ballistic missile system

BAir defence

SAMAR Air Defence System

Surface-to-air missile

First system

Second system

Measured figures

Head to head

10 of 21 rows sourced on both sides

7mAnti-ballistic missile

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Length

All recorded figures & sources

7 m

Anti-ballistic missile

Single source

Anti-ballistic missile: 7 meters (23 ft)^[source]

11,160km/hMaximum; Mach 9 (

Configuration

Details

L-SAM and SAMAR Air Defence System configuration
Specification	L-SAM	SAMAR Air Defence System
Type	Long-range, mobile surface-to-air missile / anti-ballistic missile system^[source]	Surface-to-air missile^[source]
Place of origin	South Korea^[source]	India^[source]
In service	2028 (planned)^[source]	2022 ( 2022 )^[source]
Used by	Republic of Korea Air Force

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Designer	Agency for Defense Development (system) Hanwha (anti-ballistic missile) LIG Nex1 (anti-aircraft missile)^[source]	11 Base Repair Depot Ojhar with industry partner Adtech Inventions Pvt Ltd 7 Base Repair Depot Tughlakabad with industry partner Simran Flowtech Industries and Yamazuki Denki^[source]

Designed	Block 1: 2019–2024 Block 2: 2025–2028 (planned)^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Hanwha Aerospace LIG Defense & Aerospace^[source]	—

Produced	2025 (planned)^[source]	—

Engine	Dual- pulsed rocket motor^[source]	Solid-propellant rocket^[source]

Propellant	Gelled nitromethane propellant^[source]	Solid fuel^[source]

Flight ceiling	Block 1: 60 km (37 mi) Block 2 HAI: 180 km (110 mi)^[source]	—

Guidance system	Imaging infra-red seeker^[source]	SAMAR I : Infrared homing SAMAR II : Semi-active radar homing , infrared homing^[source]

Role	South Korean long range surface-to-air and anti-ballistic missile system^[source]	—

Source measurement	The L-SAM system is expected to use two types of interceptors: one for anti-air meant to target general air breathing threats such as aircraft or cruise missiles and the other for anti-ballistic . The anti-ballistic missile (ABM) consists of total of a three stages and uses a hit-to-kill system that intercepts targets with a kill vehicle that integrates an imaging infra-red (IIR) seeker and a divert attitude control system (DACS), and can intercept missiles approaching at an altitude of 50–60 kilometers (160,000–200,000 ft). L-SAM demonstrated its intercept capability by succeeding three out of a total of four missile interception tests between November 2022 and June 2023.^[source]L-SAM · Development and design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Operating frequency : S-band (2–4 GHz)^[source]L-SAM · Development and design / Long-range multifunction radar (L-MFR) / Transmit/receive module; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage On 25 April 2023, the 153rd Defense Acquisition Program Promotion Committee deliberated and approved on a plan to develop a new missile defense system with a higher intercepting altitude than the existing L-SAM with a budget of 2.71 trillion won by 2027. The new missile system, named L-SAM 2, includes high-altitude interceptor (HAI) missiles and glide phase interceptor (GPI) missiles, and is estimated to have an interception altitude of 180 km.^[source]L-SAM · Improvements / Block 2; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage	—

Source measurement

The L-SAM system is expected to use two types of interceptors: one for anti-air meant to target general air breathing threats such as aircraft or cruise missiles and the other for anti-ballistic . The anti-ballistic missile (ABM) consists of total of a three stages and uses a hit-to-kill system that intercepts targets with a kill vehicle that integrates an imaging infra-red (IIR) seeker and a divert attitude control system (DACS), and can intercept missiles approaching at an altitude of 50–60 kilometers (160,000–200,000 ft). L-SAM demonstrated its intercept capability by succeeding three out of a total of four missile interception tests between November 2022 and June 2023.^[source]L-SAM · Development and design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Operating frequency : S-band (2–4 GHz)^[source]L-SAM · Development and design / Long-range multifunction radar (L-MFR) / Transmit/receive module; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

On 25 April 2023, the 153rd Defense Acquisition Program Promotion Committee deliberated and approved on a plan to develop a new missile defense system with a higher intercepting altitude than the existing L-SAM with a budget of 2.71 trillion won by 2027. The new missile system, named L-SAM 2, includes high-altitude interceptor (HAI) missiles and glide phase interceptor (GPI) missiles, and is estimated to have an interception altitude of 180 km.^[source]L-SAM · Improvements / Block 2; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

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