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Saturday, January 17, 2009

S. Korea Seeks To Buy Older Apaches

AH-64D Apache GunshipSouth Korea's arms procurement agency has been in close consultation with the U.S. government to purchase 36 refurbished Apache attack helicopters to deploy in 2012, when South Korean commanders take over wartime operational control of their troops from the U.S. military, a source said Jan. 14.

The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) wants to receive the first batch of 18 Block II Apache Longbow models modified from the Block I standard in 2012, and the second batch of the older units, dubbed MIMEX, in 2014, said the source privy to negotiations.

In a related move, the agency plans to start a feasibility study this month on the acquisition of Apaches, he said.

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