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South Korea Launches Aegis Defense to Combat Arms Race

May 25, 2007 :: News

The same day that North Korea again test-fired several short-range missiles, South Korea launched the first of three new Aegis destroyers equipped with advanced air and sea weaponry.  President Roh Moo-Hyun, speaking at the launch of the one-billion-dollar 7,600 ton KDX-III destroyer, said “We cannot sit idle in the face of a continuing arms race in the Northeast Asian region."  The destroyer, named the King Sejong, was built with stealth technology, making detection more difficult.  South Korea becomes the fifth country after the United States, Spain, Norway and Japan to have the Aegis integrated weapons control system.  The South Korean ship will be deployed operationally in 2009.  A second Aegis destroyer will be launched in 2010, and the third in 2012. (Article)

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