K731 Baek Sang Eo (White Shark) torpedo (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ...

: 백상어 어뢰) is a submarine-launched torpedo developed by the

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in 2004. Production was delayed for a year after a program error in the guidance system resulted in 2 failed tests in 2003. This glitch was fixed while developing the

Blue Shark The blue shark (''Prionace glauca''), also known as the great blue shark, is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, which inhabits deep waters in the world's temperate and tropical oceans. Averaging around and preferring co ...

torpedo; a more lightweight variant. Production cost for each torpedo is at about 950 million

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(US$790,000).

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Torpedoes of South Korea Military equipment introduced in the 2000s {{SouthKorea-mil-stub

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