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Sunday, December 01, 2013

S. Korea to OK plan to build three more Aegis destroyers

ROKS Sejong the Great (DDG_991)South Korea will finalize a plan later this month calling for the building of three more Aegis destroyers that can better cope with threats from North Korea and other regional security developments, a military source said Sunday.

The insider, who wished to remain anonymous, said the plan is expected to be finalized at a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Dec. 22. The meeting will be chaired by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Choi Yun-hee.

South Korea already has three Aegis ships belonging to its King Sejong the Great class, which are 165 meters long from stem to stern, and have a full war load displacement of over 9,000 tons.

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