The K-SAAM (Korean Surface-to-Anti Air Missile; Korean: 해궁; Hanja: 海弓; RR: Hae-gung) is a South Korean short range ship-launched surface-to-air missile (SAM) system 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 Littoral Mission Ship Batch 2 with Korean Surface-to-Anti Air Missile (K-SAAM).
Operators
=== Current operators === Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea Navy
=== Future operators === Malaysia
Royal Malaysian Navy - 48 missiles on order. Will be installed on Littoral Mission Ship Batch 2.
== See also == KP-SAM K-SAM (based on Crotale) M-SAM L-SAM List of surface-to-air missiles List of anti-aircraft weapons