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Recently Delivered ASW Choppers Expected To Deploy To Western Sea Border

July 10 2017

South Korea

The South Korean navy says it has now fielded all eight of its eight AW159 Wildcat helicopters, as reported by the Yonhap news agency (Seoul).

The aircraft were delivered in two batches in June and December 2016. The first four were deployed in February 2017 and the last batch on July 5, according to a service statement.

The Wildcats are equipped with lightweight torpedoes, 12.7-mm machine guns and advanced guided anti-ship missiles as well as a dipping sonar and active...

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