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Thursday, June 28, 2007

Korean Navy unveils high-tech patrol boat with guided missiles

Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.usThe Navy on Thursday launched an advanced high-speed patrol boat, equipped with guided missiles, to be deployed near the disputed maritime border with North Korea.

The 440-ton vessel, 63 meters long and 9 meters wide, can sail at the maximum speed of 74 km per hour and carry a crew of more than 40 people. It is also loaded with 76-mm and 40-mm guns and cutting-edge radar systems, according to naval officials.

The ship is named "Yoon Young-ha" after a solider killed in a 2002 inter-Korean naval clash near the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the Yellow Sea. The NLL has served as a de-facto maritime border between the Koreas since the 1950-53 Korean War.

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