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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Korean Navy to Create Strategic Mobile Fleet in Feb.

Sejong Daewang (KDX-3)The Navy plans to establish a strategic mobile fleet of two Aegis destroyer-led squadrons by next February in a bid to develop blue-water operational capability beyond coastal defense against a North Korean invasion, a Navy source said Monday.

The fleet will participate in combined or multinational maritime exercises, including the annual Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) to be held in waters off Hawaii, from next year, the source told The Korea Times.

Each mobile squadron will initially consist of a 7,600-ton KDX-III Aegis destroyer, three 4,500-ton KDX-II destroyers and maritime aircraft, he said.

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