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South Korea launched its first indigenous space rocket successfully on Thursday, following Seoul&#39;s successful effort to&nbsp;build&nbsp;submarines&nbsp;and missiles. The country, which is facing a next door security challenge&nbsp; from neighbouring North Korea, is also building an&nbsp;aircraft carrier.<br />
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President Moon Jae In praised the rocket launch, saying: &quot;Although&nbsp;[the launch] failed to achieve its objectives perfectly, it was an&nbsp;excellent accomplishment for a first launch&quot;, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/21/south-korea-launches-its-first-homemade-space-rocket">reports </a>The Guardian.<br />
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The 200-ton liquid fuel rocket Nuri lifted off from the Naro Space&nbsp;Center on the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula on Thursday&nbsp;evening. Though the rocket launch was successful, the 1.5-ton dummy&nbsp;satellite could not be launched into its orbit.<br />
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&quot;Enabling the dummy satellite to safely go into orbit has yet to be&nbsp;solved,&quot; President Moon said in a speech at the launch site. He added:&nbsp;&quot;It has been 12 years since we embarked on this Nuri development&nbsp;project, and we just need to go one step further&quot;.<br />
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Japanese news agency Kyodo <a href="https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/10/892430ce021d-s-korea-launches-first-homegrown-space-rocket.html">reports</a> that the latest Nuri launch comes&nbsp;as South Korea seeks to establish low-cost, high-precision&nbsp;satellite-launching technology so that it can expand into the space&nbsp;industry.<br />
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South Korea has embarked upon major plans for its space programme.&nbsp;Nuri the rocket will be launched again in May. Also, Seoul plans to&nbsp;land on the moon by 2030.<br />
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Seoul is in the middle of grand plans that are fructifying steadily.&nbsp;In a bid to outdo North Korea–which remains a perpetual threat, it is&nbsp;putting into action a strategic vision to develop its own weapons.<br />
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The rocket launch happened in quick succession after the <a href="https://www.indianarrative.com/world-news/south-korea-to-launch-indigenous-submarine-with-ballistic-missile-capability-117858.html">unveiling</a> of&nbsp;a home-made submarine and the firing of a Submarine Launched Ballistic&nbsp;Missile (SLBM). Seoul launched its SLBM in a fiery response to<br />
adversary North Korea&#39;s back-to-back missile launches including one&nbsp;that was fired from a train.</p>
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<a href="https://www.indianarrative.com/world-news/by-firing-a-self-made-slbm-is-south-korea-telling-us-that-it-is-ready-to-fight-its-own-battles-115139.html">By firing a self-made SLBM, is South Korea telling US that it is ready to fight its own battles?</a></p>
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Seoul has also embarked upon building a modest-size indigenous&nbsp;aircraft carrier for which it plans to procure the American F-35&nbsp;fighters which require a small runway deck&nbsp; and can land vertically.In the neighbourhood, China has two&nbsp; aircraft carriers while Tokyo&nbsp;operates a helicopter carrier. Thailand too has one which is mostly&nbsp;used for ceremonial purposes.</p>
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<a href="https://www.indianarrative.com/world-news/south-korea-seeks-aircraft-carrier-amid-indo-pacific-turmoil-106171.html">South Korea seeks aircraft carrier amid Indo-Pacific turmoil</a></p>
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South Korea&#39;s march towards self-made weapon technologies comes at a&nbsp;time when China and ally North Korea have created turmoil in the&nbsp;Korean peninsula. North Korea has conducted a series of missile tests,ringing off alarm bells in Seoul and Tokyo.&nbsp;</p>
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China has been aggressively parading its navy and air force in the&nbsp;region with a view to undermining Taiwan and to take over the entire&nbsp;South China Sea (SCS). The Chinese maneuvers have caused unease among<br />
Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, The Philippines and Brunei as the&nbsp;SCS waters are host to important and busy global shipping routes.<br />
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With the development of these weapons, South Korea is not just making&nbsp;itself self-reliant in weapons&#39; technologies but also ensuring a&nbsp;deterrent in a hostile neighbourhood.</p>
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<strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.indianarrative.com/world-news/north-korea-fires-hypersonic-missile-officially-kicks-off-an-arms-race-with-seoul-and-tokyo-117993.html">North Korea fires hypersonic missile, officially kicks off an arms race with Seoul and Tokyo</a></strong></p>
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