2nd Korean Aegis Destroyer Launched

The Navy launched its second 7,600-ton KDX-III Sejong the Great-class destroyer equipped with the up-to-date Aegis air warfare defense system at a ceremony Friday.

The destroyer can carry two mid-sized helicopters and is scheduled to be deployed operationally as early as late next year, a Navy official said.

The ship was named after Yi I, a prominent Confucian scholar of the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910). The ceremony was held at a shipyard of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering on Geoje Island, South Gyeongsang Province.

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