Return of the Flying Tiger - Why India is Reconsidering South Korea’s K30 Biho
In the rapidly shifting landscape of modern warfare, the skies are no longer dominated solely by multi-million-dollar fighter jets. As conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have demonstrated, the newest and deadliest threats are often small, low-flying, and incredibly cheap: loitering munitions, kamikaze drones, and cruise missiles. To counter these ever evolving threats, militaries today require highly mobile, quick-reaction, Short-Range Air Defence Systems (SHORADS). For the Indian Army, this gap has been a pressing vulnerability. Now, a multi-billion-dollar solution that was once put on ice is heating up again; the South Korean K30 Biho (Flying Tiger) Mobile Air Defence System . What is the K30 Biho? Developed by South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace, the K30 Biho (Korean for "Flying Tiger") is a highly mobile, Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Weapon System (SPAAG). It has been designed to protect forward-deployed mechanized units threats emanating from low-flying enemy ...