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Monday, January 27, 2014

S. Korean Navy receives its 13th guided-missile destroyer

Gumdoksuri classThe South Korean Navy has taken delivery of its 13th domestically built guided-missile destroyer, which will join patrol missions to defend the nation's shoreline and harbor waters, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration said Monday.

Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction delivered the newest PKG-class (Patrol Killer, Guided Missile) patrol ship to the Navy command, located in Jinhae, some 410 kilometers south of Seoul.

The 450-ton high-speed ship can sail at a top speed of 40 knots and is equipped with anti-ship missiles that have a range of 140 kilometers.

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2 comments:

  1. Chuck Hill28/1/14 01:35

    This is not a destroyer, it is a missile equipped fast patrol vessel or missile corvette.

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  2. Ko Savonije28/1/14 08:42

    Yes, I know. It's a Gumdoksuri-class patrol vessel. The Yonhap News journalist took the Iranian Jamaran class as an example ... I guess ;)

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