During MSPO 2025, 1 of the most crucial contracts of this year's exhibition was signed in Kielce. The WB Group and South Korean Hanwha Aerospace will form a joint venture which in Poland will build a CGR-080 rocket mill for the K239 Chunmoo strategy launcher, known in the Polish Armed Forces as Homar-K.
– We are gaining the ability to manufacture missiles to lobster-K launchers. This is an extraordinary moment, thanks to which we will become more and more independent industrially," stressed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz in Kielce. “We not only buy weapons abroad, but we bring production to Poland,” he added. The head of the MON was present to sign the documents.
Modern rockets made in Poland
CGR-080, for multi-guided launchers Norway lobster-KThey have a scope of up to 80 km. First integrated in Poland Lobster-K rocket artillery system he went to the Polish Army in late 2023. To date, ammunition had to be imported from South Korea or the United States. Now the situation will change – the mill built in Poland is expected to deliver respective 1000 missiles a year for the Polish Armed Forces. Part of the production will besides go to allied states that will decide to acquisition Chunmoo launchers.
– Cooperation with Poland will strengthen the foundations of our national defence industries and contribute to the construction of independent defence and stableness and peace," said Hyunki Cho, Deputy Minister of Defence of South Korea, who represented a abroad partner erstwhile signing the agreement.
Rocket mill – question of exact location
Hyunky Cho assured that the agreement opens a fresh chapter in Polish-Korean arms cooperation. As he pointed out, Chunmoo is 1 of the key products of the Korean defence industry, and its improvement will increasingly take place in cooperation with the Polish partner.
The location of the fresh mill has not yet been revealed. However, it is known that the investment will consume about a billion PLN. In the joint venture, 51% of shares will be held by the Korean side and 49 percent will be taken over by the WB Group.
