K-SAAM

The K-SAAM (Korean Surface-to-Anti Air Missile; ) is a South Korean short range ship-launched surface-to-air missile (SAM) system that is being developed by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD), LIG Nex1 and Hanhwa Defense. It features inertial mid-course guidance and a dual microwave and Infrared homing seeker for terminal guidance. It will replace the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM). It has been deployed on Daegu-class frigates and ROKS Marado.

History
Development started in 2011 which was extended for 2 more years after series of failures during testing in 2016 with testing in 2017 being deemed successful and questioned by anonymous source with knowledge involving evaluation test which referred to North Korean Kumsong-3 anti-ship missile as one of major threats for ROK navy's ships along with other neighbouring countries.

Export
In 2024, it is reported that Malaysia had interest in equipping its LMS Batch 2 with Korean Surface-to-Anti Air Missile (K-SAAM).