Hanwha Defense Releases Video ofK239 Chunmoo 3.0 World’s First Rocket‑Artillery System to Fuse Guided

South Korea’s Hanwha Defense has published an official video unveiling the K239 Chunmoo 3.0, the most advanced evolution of its family of multiple‑launch rocket systems. The footage showcases a dramatic step forward in artillery design: a single, mobile launcher that can fire guided long‑range rockets, deploy loitering strike munitions and launch an anti‑ship missile — all as an integrated, modular package. The result, as presented in the video, is a multi‑domain strike system capable of independent target acquisition, real‑time battle management and precision engagement across land and sea.

A unified, hybrid strike platform

The Chunmoo 3.0 is shown operating as a hybrid launcher: its two modular rocket pods can be loaded with different munitions types in the same salvo mix. The official video names the new guided rockets as the L‑PGW100 (the successor to CGR‑080) and L‑PGW300 (the successor to CTM‑290). These L‑PGW variants are presented with upgraded propulsion and guidance suites intended to extend range, boost accuracy and improve payload efficiency. The video and technical overlays indicate system ranges spanning the tactical to theater‑strike envelope — from roughly 40 km on shorter rockets up to over 290 km, with the L‑PGW300 shown as capable of ranges exceeding 300 km in some configurations.

Alongside these rockets, Chunmoo 3.0 integrates two force‑multiplying elements:

• Loitering munitions — deployed from the launcher to conduct local surveillance, identify/track moving targets, provide terminal guidance updates and, if required, execute direct strikes. The loiterers enable dynamic targeting and real‑time battle damage assessment without immediate reliance on external ISR.

• CTM‑ASBM anti‑ship missile — a dedicated anti‑ship weapon that allows the ground launcher to prosecute maritime targets independently, expanding the platform’s role into coastal defense and sea‑denial missions.

The combination means a single Chunmoo 3.0 battery can hunt, designate and strike both land and maritime targets with minimal external targeting input.

Interchangeable warheads and payload modularity

A clear theme in the video is modularity. Hanwha shows the launcher employing interchangeable warhead technology, allowing mission planners to choose effects tailored to the target set. Warhead types depicted include high‑explosive fragmentation (HE‑Frag), air‑burst, penetrator, DPICM (cluster) and thermobaric options. This ability to mix warhead types and rocket models across the two pods gives planners significant tactical flexibility — from precision deep strike and bunker defeat to area suppression and anti‑personnel effects.

Fire control, networking and survivability

Chunmoo 3.0 is shown with an advanced digital fire‑control system and communications suite allowing networked tasking, target handoff between munitions, and rapid mission updates. The system emphasizes mobility and survivability — standard “shoot‑and‑scoot” tactics are supported by quick reload and redeployment sequences in the video, designed to minimize exposure to counter‑battery fire. The combination of onboard loiterers and the CTM‑ASBM means the system can close the loop on targets without waiting for higher echelon targeting assets, shortening the kill chain and increasing the chances of first‑shot success.

Tactical implications — multi‑domain lethality from a single platform

Defense analysts featured in the release emphasize several operational payoffs:

• Shortened kill chain: Loitering munitions provide immediate ISR and terminal guidance so rockets and the CTM‑ASBM can engage targets with on‑the‑move updates.

• Multi‑domain reach: By adding anti‑ship capability to a ground launcher, coastal defenses gain a mobile option for sea denial and anti‑surface warfare.

• Flexibility & economies of force: A single battery can cover a wider range of mission types, reducing dependence on separate specialized units for ISR, strike and naval engagement.

• Survivability through agility: Digital networking and fast displacement reduce vulnerability to counter‑battery and anti‑access efforts.

Taken together, these attributes make Chunmoo 3.0 suitable for contested littoral zones, expeditionary operations and conventional land campaigns where rapid, accurate, and flexible firepower is required.

What Chunmoo 3.0 means for modern artillery

Hanwha Defense’s video frames Chunmoo 3.0 as a concept shift: rocket artillery is no longer just massed volume‑of‑fire from beyond the horizon — it can be a precise, networked, multi‑role strike system capable of independent action across domains. By merging guided rockets, loitering munitions and anti‑ship missiles within one platform, Chunmoo 3.0 seeks to give tactical commanders a single, mobile toolset to conduct reconnaissance, discrimination, and strike — speeding decisions and tightening the sensor‑to‑shooter loop.

With the official video release, Hanwha Defense has made a deliberate statement about the future of rocket artillery: modularity, autonomy and multi‑domain lethality. Whether measured by extended ranges, interchangeable payloads, or the ability to prosecute sea and land targets without external targeting support, the K239 Chunmoo 3.0 is presented as a new benchmark for what a mobile rocket artillery system can do. If the features shown translate into fielded capability, Chunmoo 3.0 will alter how militaries think about coastal defenses, deep precision fires and the role of loitering munitions in conventional campaigns.