South Korea launches high-tech warship

Seoul - South Korea launched Friday its first destroyer equipped with the Aegis ballistic-missile combat system to strengthen its naval defence capabilities against North Korea. The 7,600-ton class KDX-III destroyer can carry 16 ship-to-ship missiles, 128 ship-to-air missiles and 32 cruise missiles as well as torpedoes, the defence ministry said. The ship was built at a dockyard in the south-eastern city of Ulsan at a cost of 1 trillion won (1.07 billion dollars). 'It will help build up the power of our navy as the world's top-class warship with the most advanced defence system and striking power,' South Korea's President Roh Moo Hyun was quoted as saying at the launch ceremony by Yonhap news agency. South Korea plans to deploy the new ship for naval operations in 2009 after testing it. The country plans to commission two other Aegis destroyers in the next five years. South Korea became the fifth country in the world to have a destroyer equipped with the Aegis system following the United States, Japan, Spain and Norway. Aegis, developed by Lockheed Martin, was designed as a complete system integrating radar and weapons to be capable of simultaneous operations against targets on land, in the air and at sea. Both Koreas are still technically at war, because the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice, but not a peace treaty. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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huhMay 31st, 2007 - 19:30:58

Its what a Kia

high tech-lol

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Old SchoolJun 1st, 2007 - 14:16:45

They probably have and old WW 2 warship with a bigger pair of binoculars, and a bigger slingshot...Note foot note, North Korea launches high tech. missile....That's made in China

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Kim IllBongJun 29th, 2007 - 21:58:35

Sooo.. You laugh at My Little Navy???? Soon you be staring down the barrel of my cruse misle to you! I bet you little girl wet pants now aaahh????

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FoolSep 11th, 2007 - 10:25:23

Is there any picture of the KDX-III Destroyer warship? Specification ? Who is more powerful if this warship compare with British T-45 Destroyer, Spain Aegis Destroyer, Chine made Destoryer. Cost USD$1 billion is reasonable ? South Korean seem very ambitious. You have to, because of their neighbours.

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American overseasOct 27th, 2007 - 07:59:09

Kim Bong

we will just push the self destruct button you aim your little pea shooter at us!

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