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South Korea to deploy its largest vessel to RIMPAC 2022
The ROK Navy announced that it will send its largest vessel, the ROKS Marado, and a Type 214 submarine, to RIMPAC 2022 which begins in late June.
20 May 2022
The ROK Navy announced that it will send its largest vessel, the ROKS Marado, and a Type 214 submarine, to RIMPAC 2022 which begins in late June.
Mass production of LIG Nex1’s Tiger Shark wire-guided heavyweight torpedo has begun following the successful completion of quality trials.
The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) and DAPA announced that four 230-ton Patrol Killer Medium Rocket (PKMR) patrol ships were launched on May 12th…
South Korea’s next Minister of National Defense expressed reservations about the CVX aircraft carrier program…
The Republic of Korea (ROK) will acquire Raytheon’s Standard Missile (SM)-6 for its upcoming KDX III Batch II destroyers. Also known as RIM-174 Standard Extended Range Active Missile (ERAM), the SM-6 can perform AAW, BMD and ASuW missions…
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced that it held the keel laying ceremony for the first ship of the new Ulsan-class of frigates.
The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) conducted a second successful test-firing of South Korea’s domestically designed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the KSS-III submarine ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho (SS-083)
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) officially approved the “Ship-to-air Guided Missile-II” program for KDDX destroyers…
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) launched the eighth FFX Batch-II (Daegu-class) frigate, the ROKS Chuncheon, on March 22, local time, in its Ulsan shipyard.
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) announced March 15 that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Babcock International for “technology development for naval vessels.”
