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Thursday, May 19, 2011

South Korea To Invite Bidders To Buy Precision Missiles For F-15K Fighters

F-15KSouth Korea's arms procurement agency said Wednesday that it will open a bid next month to purchase radar-evading cruise missiles for its F-15K fighter jets, Yonhap news agency reported.

South Korea's Air Force has sought for years to equip its F-15K fighters with precision cruise missiles capable of striking key nuclear facilities in North Korea in case of contingency.

Seoul had originally planned to buy Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) from the United States defence contractor, but the plan was delayed by alleged technical glitches, according to officials at the Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA).

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