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South Korea Launches 3rd Aegis-Equipped Destroyer
South Korea on March 24 launched its third destroyer equipped with the high-tech Aegis radar and weapons control system as tension remains high on the Korean peninsula, the South Korean Navy said.
The 7,600-ton KDX-III destroyer Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong will be put into service in March 2011 after test operations, the navy said.
The 548-foot-long KDX III destroyer can carry about 120 missiles and torpedoes in its vertical launch system, Yonhap news agency said.
With 300 crew members, it can also carry two mid-sized helicopters and sail at a top speed of 30 knots within a range of 630 miles, it said.
South Korea launched its first and second Aegis destroyers in 2008 and 2010, respectively, as part of a navy buildup project.
It's also seeking to buy an unspecified number of unmanned Global Hawk surveillance planes from the United States, a Defence Acquisition Programme Administration spokesman said.
Military tensions have risen sharply since the March 2010 sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on North Korea, and the North's subsequent deadly shelling of a border island in November.
S. Korea Launches 3rd Aegis-Equipped Destroyer - Defense News
South Korea on March 24 launched its third destroyer equipped with the high-tech Aegis radar and weapons control system as tension remains high on the Korean peninsula, the South Korean Navy said.
The 7,600-ton KDX-III destroyer Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong will be put into service in March 2011 after test operations, the navy said.
The 548-foot-long KDX III destroyer can carry about 120 missiles and torpedoes in its vertical launch system, Yonhap news agency said.
With 300 crew members, it can also carry two mid-sized helicopters and sail at a top speed of 30 knots within a range of 630 miles, it said.
South Korea launched its first and second Aegis destroyers in 2008 and 2010, respectively, as part of a navy buildup project.
It's also seeking to buy an unspecified number of unmanned Global Hawk surveillance planes from the United States, a Defence Acquisition Programme Administration spokesman said.
Military tensions have risen sharply since the March 2010 sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on North Korea, and the North's subsequent deadly shelling of a border island in November.
S. Korea Launches 3rd Aegis-Equipped Destroyer - Defense News
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