<br/>South Korea announced yesterday that it has developed a cruise missile with a range of 1,500 kilometer. According to local media, the development of the surface-to-surface "Hyunmoo-3C" cruise missile has been completed by the state-run Agency for Defense Development after the project began in 2008. An unnamed military official quoted by Seoul's leading broadcaster YTN as saying that the missile, the longest-range weapon in South Korea's arsenal, is expected to be deployed along the border with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea by the end of the year.<br/><br/>Seoul completed development of the cruise missile with a range of 1,000 km in 2007.