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Saturday, April 01, 2006

US proposes missile sale to SKorea

The Bush administration told Congress on Friday it was tentatively planning to sell South Korea 42 air-launched Harpoon anti-ship missiles and related gear in a deal worth up to $US130 million ($A182 million).

Along with other equipment sought by Seoul, the AGM-84L missiles, built by Boeing Co, would not affect the region's "basic military balance," the Pentagon's Defence Security Cooperation Agency said in its notice.

As part of the package, South Korea also requested 16 submarine-launched UGM-84L Harpoon missiles plus technical support, personnel training, data and publications, the notice said.

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