South Korea is the fastestgrowing arms exporter in the world, with their defense exports growing by 177% in just a fiveyear period. Although the U.S., Russia and France have larger defense industries, analysts say the pace at which Seoul is expanding marks a shift for their future.

South Korea’s largest defense company, Hanwha, is quickly constructing K9 Howitzers for Poland and new submarines called KSSiii that could help bolster NATO’s arsenal in the future.

WSJ takes a rare look inside Hanwha’s facilities to see how South Korea is transforming into a defense giant and explores what this means for the Western military alliance.

0:00 South Korea’s defense industry
0:47 K9 Howitzers and speed of production
2:11 Submarines
3:22 Supply chain

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