Defense Ministry Plans For Apaches To Be Sent To Island In Disputed Area
June 13 2011
The South Korean government has decided to deploy Apache helicopter gunships to a northern border island to guard against attacks by North Korea, Agence France-Presse reports.
The military is building helicopter hangars on Baengnyeong island near a disputed maritime border in the Yellow Sea, according to the Defense Ministry.
The North is said to have recently built a naval base in Goampo, about 31 miles north of Baengnyeong, capable of sending 60 hovercraft with military...
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