An Aegis-equipped destroyer under construction by the South Korean Navy will be equipped with domestically built cruise missiles aimed at replacing U.S.-made anti-ship Harpoon missiles, South Korean Yonhap News Agency reported on Sunday.
South Korea plans to build three 7,000-ton-class Aegis-equipped destroyers by 2012 and to equip the first vessel with the domestically produced ship-to-ship missiles, which have a range of up to 150 kilometers, Yonhap said.
U.S. manufacturing giant Lockheed Martin was awarded the contract to provide an Aegis combat system for South Korean Navy
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