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KDX-II Gang Gam-Chan The Pirate Destroyer
11.21.08 | Permalink | 1 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 [...]
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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 [...]