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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

S. Korean deploys Aegis ships to track rocket launch

Sejong the Great class destroyer |The South Korean military has deployed two Aegis destroyers off its southern coast to trace a space rocket to be launched later this week, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday.

The two Aegis warships with an advanced radar system left for the nation's southern waters to follow the path of the two-stage Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) after it takes off at Naro Space Center on the south coast on Thursday.

"Two Aegis warships have been deployed to guard southern waters near Naro Space Center to support the successful launch of the space rocket," a JCS official said.

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