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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Rheinmetall receives order from South Korea - MASS naval countermeasures system for LST-II-class ships


The navy of the Republic of Korea is procuring Rheinmetall’s MASS, the Düsseldorf-based company’s state-of-the-art decoy system for frigates, corvettes, minesweepers and patrol boats, for installation on its new Landing Ship, Tank vessels (LST-II).

The South Korean Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA) contracted with Samsung-Thales Co. Ltd. of Seoul to equip the ships.

The basis for this is a license agreement between Rheinmetall and Samsung-Thales. Total order volume comes to around €7 million.

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