The Ministry of National Defense plans to deploy 3,000-ton attack submarines after 2020, a two-year delay from the original Defense Reform 2020 initiative, a report said Sunday. A revision of the military modernization program unveiled in 2005 will be finalized by next month and sent to President Lee Myung-bak for approval, according to sources.
The revised plan has been criticized for being too focused on the Army over the Navy and Air Force.
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The delay in building the larger KSS-III subs may partly be due to Korea not yet deciding whether to make KSS-III's nuclear propelled.
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