Administration (DAPA) signed the deal in November 2013. Taurus Systems will open an office in Seoul to handle various acquisition tasks and support technology-transfer and joint development of the next cruise missile. The office was the company's first outside of Germany, and the KEPD 350 is the first European missile to be integrated onto a South Korean fighter aircraft. In October 2016, South Korea announced it would acquire a further 90 Taurus missiles, in addition to the 170 previously ordered, in response to North Korean nuclear and missile provocations. On 12 December 2016, the first 40 Taurus KEPD 350K missiles were delivered to the ROKAF, which began deployment for combat use on 22 December 2016. Variants The Taurus KEPD 350K variant for the ROKAF differs from the baseline model by being equipped with a Rockwell Collins GPS receiver with a Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) to prevent jamming. In October 2015, Taurus Systems revealed it was developing a smaller version of the Taurus missile, called the 350K-2, for use on light fighters, particularly the South Korean FA-50. Range would be reduced to and it would have a cruise speed of Mach 0.6–0.9. In December 2016, South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) revealed it plans to start development on its own indigenous long-range air-to-ground missile in 2018, based on the Taurus cruise missile. The weapon will be mounted on the KAI KF-21 Boramae fighter, to be developed by the mid-2020s. Operators Current operators 600 ordered for the German Air Force's Panavia Tornados at a cost of €570 million. Deliveries ended in December 2010. 43 ordered for the Spanish Air Force's F/A-18s. Deliveries ended in August 2010. The program cost €60m. 170 in service with 90 ordered, for use on the Republic of Korea Air Force's F-15K fighter jets. See also AGM-158 JASSM HOPE/HOSBO KD-88 Ra'ad Ra'ad-II SOM (missile) Storm Shadow YJ-22 CJ-10 Brahmos Wan Chien Joint Strike Missile Fateh Mobin Notes References Further reading . External links Cruise missiles Cruise missiles of Germany Post–Cold War weapons of Germany Cruise missiles of Sweden Military equipment introduced in the 2000s