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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Seoul to Buy Precision Missiles Against NK Nuclear Threat

South Korea will equip its F-15K fighters with state-of-the-art precision cruise missiles in a bid to strengthen the country's defense ``against North Korea's nuclear threat,'' an arms agency official said Friday.

The missile is expected to be used in striking key nuclear facilities in North Korea should hostilities breakout, defense sources said.

The Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced that it would purchase hundreds of ``JASSM-level'' cruise missiles by 2011.

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