Ministry of National Defense Republic of Korea

Defense minister visits construction site for Hanwha Defense K9 howitzer in Australia

On August 4, Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-sup met with his Australian counterpart Richard Marles, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister of Australia. On the next day, August 5, the two ministers visited the construction site for a K9 self-propelled howitzer factory and Deakin University, located in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and shared their opinions on defense technology and defense cooperation between the two countries.

The two ministers were briefed by an official from Hanwha Defense about the construction plan for a K9 self-propelled howitzer factory.

Earlier in the day, the two ministers visited Deakin University, an Australian university which focuses on defense-industry-academic cooperation, at the suggestion of the Australian deputy prime minister, where they listened to explanations about the main technologies related to the defense industry under development at the university.