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Military Tech Korea
KDX-II Gang Gam-Chan The Pirate Destroyer
11.21.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Somali pirates can add another ship to their growing list of problems. South Korea has announced its plans to send one of their new KDX-II Destroyers, the Gang Gam-Chan to patrol the pirate infested waters off the coast of Somalia. The announcement comes in the same week that the United States, India, the United Kingdom [...]
Military Tech Korea, Wearable Tech
South Korean Super Soldiers Revealed
11.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

If North Korea ever decided to invade the South, every South Korean soldier would have to kill about twenty North Korean soldiers if they wanted to survive the attack. The South Korean Agency For Defense Development (ADD) has a plan to even the odds with a futuristic set of features for their soldiers uniforms. In [...]
Military Tech Korea
Korea Launches Second AEGIS Destroyer
11.16.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

South Korea launched its second AEGIS KDX-III destroyer Friday. The ships have been named after Korea’s greatest king, a total of 6 7,600 ton KDX-III Sejong the Great-class destroyers will be built. The ships are being built at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering yard on Geoje Island in South Gyeongsang. The destroyers have an [...]
Military Tech Korea
Korea’s Next Generation Rifle With Laser Targeting And Exploding Rounds
11.07.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Media appearances by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il have been scarce over the last few months, perhaps because he has read the reports about South Korea’s new rifles. Key features of the rifle include laser targeting and rounds that can be programed to explode over enemies heads.
Laser Targeting + Optical Calculator
The rifle’s targeting system emits [...]
Military Tech Korea, R & D, Transportation
South Korean F-4 Phantom Fighter Jet In A Giant Freezer
09.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Technically South Korea is still at war with North Korea, providing the perfect excuse to test the operational capabilities of its military planes. Recently reporters were invited to view a F-4E Phantom fighter being tested in a state of the art climatic chamber at an air force R&D center in Seosan.
South Korea, with 25th [...]