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U.S. OKs Potential $650 Million Deal With South Korea for SM-6 Missiles

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, November 14th, 2023

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U.S. OKs Potential $650 Million Deal With South Korea for SM-6 Missiles

The USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) launches a Standard Missile-6 interceptor on June 19, 2014. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy.

The State Department has approved a potential $650 million deal with South Korea for the sale of 38 SM-6 Block I missiles. The new Foreign Military Sale approval arrives after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin participated in the 55th U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) Security Consultative Meeting in Seoul along with ROK Minister of National Defense Shin Won-sik and other senior defense officials from both countries. “For seven decades, this alliance has been an anchor of peace and security on the Korean…

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