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tiempo90 t1_j2cpwri wrote

Reply to comment by jeremy9931 in South korean military has successfully completed a solid fuel space rocket test. by r2vcap

This is "thanks" to Trump.

Trump wanted the Asian allies to be more independent (because "they aren't paying enough!" as if the US is a mercenary force and not in Asia for their own benefit), so (finally) cut the restrictions on rocket / missile distance, meaning South Korea could focus on rocket / missile development.

And since then, they've become the world's 7th (?) country to independently send a 1 tonne payload to space... something like that. Only about 2 years ago.

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jeremy9931 t1_j2dijc5 wrote

Sort of, Trump agreed to relax it to 800 km in 2017, Biden eliminated them completely in March of 2021. It was inevitable that they were going to get scrapped by the next president, no matter who it was.

They’re making exceptional progress for sure.

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