South Korean Hanwha unveils HPRS single-pod missile launcher derived from Chunmoo at ADEX 2025
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Hanwha unveiled its High Performance Rocket System, HPRS, at Seoul ADEX 2025 on 21 October 2025, displaying a compact 6×6 single-pod launcher that accepts CTM family missiles. The system trades the Chunmoo’s twin-pod footprint for a four-round sealed pod and high-accuracy CTM MR rounds (50–160 km, ≈9 m CEP).
Seoul, Oct 21 2025: Hanwha’s High Performance Rocket System made its public debut at Seoul ADEX 2025, confirming a single pod launcher that accepts the CTM tactical missile family from the K239 Chunmoo. During the exhibition, the vehicle appeared in a compact 6×6 configuration intended for rapid coastal strike and mobile counter-battery roles. The HPRS concept leverages Chunmoo’s battle-proven architecture while shedding weight and bulk to prioritize agility and quick dispersal in contested littorals.Follow Army Recognition on Google News at this link
Hanwha HPRS (single CTM pod, four CTM-MR missiles) is a GPS/INS-guided 50–160 km precision strike (~9 m CEP), modular warheads and anti-ship option, built for coastal denial and rapid shoot-and-scoot operations (Picture source: Mason on X).
The launcher carries one sealed pod with four CTM missiles, a format that mirrors the Chunmoo’s two-pod layout but halves the footprint for expeditionary use. The primary round highlighted for HPRS is the CTM MR, a GPS and inertial guided ballistic missile with a stated range envelope from roughly 50 to 160 kilometers and a circular error probable quoted at around nine meters. Warhead options presented in open sources include unitary penetration, fragmentation and area suppression loads, giving commanders possibilities from hardened point targets to clustered assets in port approaches. An anti-ship ballistic derivative of the CTM MR is in development, with industry roadmaps pointing to completion and production around 2027.
The vehicle architecture borrows heavily from the Chunmoo ecosystem, meaning buyers inherit a mature fire control suite, stabilized launch frame, and podded ammunition handling already scaled for mass production. Even in single pod form, the pod architecture preserves sealed storage and shock isolation for missiles during transport and rough maneuver. The commonality extends to mission planning and connectivity, easing integration into existing C4I networks and reducing training time for armies already familiar with K239 logistics or its export variants. The broader Chunmoo family has been in service since 2015 and is now produced with partners abroad, a signal that the supply chain and software baseline behind HPRS rest on well-proven foundations.
A small launcher with four precision ballistic rounds can roll off a secondary road, deploy its outriggers, align on pre-planned coordinates, and fire a salvo in minutes, then displace before counterfire radars finish their track solutions. In a coastal defense role, pairing CTM-MR or its anti-ship variant with ground-based maritime surveillance radars creates an inexpensive landward deterrent against landing forces, logistics ships, and forward arming points. The missile’s guidance suite and high accuracy allow for point strikes on piers, fuel farms, or air defense nodes that protect amphibious groups, while the podded load encourages distributed basing where several HPRS sections cover a coastline from concealed hides rather than a few large fixed batteries.
Indo-Pacific and European customers face long queues for Western guided rocket systems and urgently want coastal denial options that can deploy quickly and at scale. By using the Chunmoo missile family, HPRS offers a credible alternative sourced from an industrial base already ramped for domestic and export orders, including European co-production programs that have validated the model. The system’s blend of precision, mobility, and modular sustainment will appeal to mid-sized militaries seeking strategic depth without the cost and complexity of ship or aircraft-delivered strike. For partners with fragmented coastlines and archipelagic terrain, a fleet of HPRS launchers can impose risk on adversary logistics and force projection at a fraction of the price of naval missile units, while keeping crews inside an army’s existing maintenance and training pipeline.
Written by Evan Lerouvillois, Defense Analyst, Army Recognition Group.
Evan studied International Relations, and quickly specialized in defense and security. He is particularly interested in the influence of the defense sector on global geopolitics, and analyzes how technological innovations in defense, arms export contracts, and military strategies influence the international geopolitical scene.
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Hanwha unveiled its High Performance Rocket System, HPRS, at Seoul ADEX 2025 on 21 October 2025, displaying a compact 6×6 single-pod launcher that accepts CTM family missiles. The system trades the Chunmoo’s twin-pod footprint for a four-round sealed pod and high-accuracy CTM MR rounds (50–160 km, ≈9 m CEP).
Seoul, Oct 21 2025: Hanwha’s High Performance Rocket System made its public debut at Seoul ADEX 2025, confirming a single pod launcher that accepts the CTM tactical missile family from the K239 Chunmoo. During the exhibition, the vehicle appeared in a compact 6×6 configuration intended for rapid coastal strike and mobile counter-battery roles. The HPRS concept leverages Chunmoo’s battle-proven architecture while shedding weight and bulk to prioritize agility and quick dispersal in contested littorals.
Follow Army Recognition on Google News at this link
Hanwha HPRS (single CTM pod, four CTM-MR missiles) is a GPS/INS-guided 50–160 km precision strike (~9 m CEP), modular warheads and anti-ship option, built for coastal denial and rapid shoot-and-scoot operations (Picture source: Mason on X).
The launcher carries one sealed pod with four CTM missiles, a format that mirrors the Chunmoo’s two-pod layout but halves the footprint for expeditionary use. The primary round highlighted for HPRS is the CTM MR, a GPS and inertial guided ballistic missile with a stated range envelope from roughly 50 to 160 kilometers and a circular error probable quoted at around nine meters. Warhead options presented in open sources include unitary penetration, fragmentation and area suppression loads, giving commanders possibilities from hardened point targets to clustered assets in port approaches. An anti-ship ballistic derivative of the CTM MR is in development, with industry roadmaps pointing to completion and production around 2027.
The vehicle architecture borrows heavily from the Chunmoo ecosystem, meaning buyers inherit a mature fire control suite, stabilized launch frame, and podded ammunition handling already scaled for mass production. Even in single pod form, the pod architecture preserves sealed storage and shock isolation for missiles during transport and rough maneuver. The commonality extends to mission planning and connectivity, easing integration into existing C4I networks and reducing training time for armies already familiar with K239 logistics or its export variants. The broader Chunmoo family has been in service since 2015 and is now produced with partners abroad, a signal that the supply chain and software baseline behind HPRS rest on well-proven foundations.
A small launcher with four precision ballistic rounds can roll off a secondary road, deploy its outriggers, align on pre-planned coordinates, and fire a salvo in minutes, then displace before counterfire radars finish their track solutions. In a coastal defense role, pairing CTM-MR or its anti-ship variant with ground-based maritime surveillance radars creates an inexpensive landward deterrent against landing forces, logistics ships, and forward arming points. The missile’s guidance suite and high accuracy allow for point strikes on piers, fuel farms, or air defense nodes that protect amphibious groups, while the podded load encourages distributed basing where several HPRS sections cover a coastline from concealed hides rather than a few large fixed batteries.
Indo-Pacific and European customers face long queues for Western guided rocket systems and urgently want coastal denial options that can deploy quickly and at scale. By using the Chunmoo missile family, HPRS offers a credible alternative sourced from an industrial base already ramped for domestic and export orders, including European co-production programs that have validated the model. The system’s blend of precision, mobility, and modular sustainment will appeal to mid-sized militaries seeking strategic depth without the cost and complexity of ship or aircraft-delivered strike. For partners with fragmented coastlines and archipelagic terrain, a fleet of HPRS launchers can impose risk on adversary logistics and force projection at a fraction of the price of naval missile units, while keeping crews inside an army’s existing maintenance and training pipeline.
Written by Evan Lerouvillois, Defense Analyst, Army Recognition Group.
Evan studied International Relations, and quickly specialized in defense and security. He is particularly interested in the influence of the defense sector on global geopolitics, and analyzes how technological innovations in defense, arms export contracts, and military strategies influence the international geopolitical scene.
