K2 tank with domestic transmission...North Korea's Long March artillery intercept system will also be reduced by two years.

The Defense Acquisition Program Administration held the 164th Defense Business Promotion Committee meeting today and announced that it has deliberated and decided on the application of the fourth mass-produced 1,500 horsepower transmission of the K2 tank.

As a result, 150 K2 tanks that will be produced by 2028 and supplied to our military will be equipped with domestic transmissions, although German transmissions have been included in K2 tanks so far along with domestic engines.

An official from the DAPA said that the installation of domestic transmissions on K2 tanks will not only provide smoother follow-up military support, but also help boost exports as domestic transmissions are likely to be installed in future exports.

In the cold, the long-range artillery intercept system to prevent North Korea's long-range artillery targeting the metropolitan area and the LAMD's electrification period will be completed two years earlier from 2029 to 2033.

In addition, it added that it will secure additional Patriot missiles, one of the core of the low-altitude defense network of the Korean missile defense system and KAMD, and expand the launch pad improvement project that can also fire Patriot-3 from Patriot-2 launchers.