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Sunday, January 30, 2011

S.Korea to speed up combat fighter purchase

Eurofighter TyphoonSouth Korea will bring forward its planned purchase of an advanced fleet of combat fighters with stealth capability to 2015, a project estimated at 10 trillion won ($9 billion), Yonhap news reported on Sunday.

The move comes as tensions persist on the Korean peninsula as the South is concerned about North Koreas's missile building, while China confirmed earlier this month it had held its first test-flight of a stealth fighter jet.

U.S. and European defence companies have been gearing up for the third phase of South Korea's fighter modernisation programme to replace decades-old F-4E and F-5E/F jets that have been involved in several fatal crashes in recent years.

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