South Korean Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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Tour of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy base in Busan during MADEX 2019 maritime defense exhibition in South Korea. Naval News takes aboard the following vessels:
- ROKS Choi Young 최영 (崔瑩), a Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class (KDX-II) destroyer 00:36
- ROKS Soyang 소양 (昭陽), AOE Fast Combat Support Ship 01:27
- HMAS Hobart, Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy 02:41
- ROKS Jung Ji 정지 (鄭地), a Sohn Wonyil-class / Type 214 / KSS-II submarine 04:32
- ROKS Choi Young 최영 (崔瑩), a Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class (KDX-II) destroyer 00:36
- ROKS Soyang 소양 (昭陽), AOE Fast Combat Support Ship 01:27
- HMAS Hobart, Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy 02:41
- ROKS Jung Ji 정지 (鄭地), a Sohn Wonyil-class / Type 214 / KSS-II submarine 04:32
The Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) has received the second of four Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) it ordered from the United States in 2014.
Harry Harris, the US ambassador to South Korea, released an image on 19 April showing two Global Hawks in RoKAF markings parked in a hangar at an undisclosed location. Via Twitter the ambassador congratulated "the US-RoK Security Cooperation teams on delivering Global Hawk to the RoK this week".
Harris did not specify the number of UAVs delivered, but a RoKAF official told Jane's the following day that only one UAV had recently been handed over, meaning that the photograph published by Harris shows the RoKAF's first Global Hawk alongside the recently delivered second one.
A few days earlier, on 9 April, the Yonhap News Agency had quoted South Korean military officials as saying that two more Global Hawks were expected to arrive in South Korea in April, following the arrival of the first one on 23 December 2019 at the RoKAF's Sacheon Air Base in South Gyeongsang Province.
The media outlet also reported that the RoKAF aims to start operating the UAVs by the end of 2020, adding that the service has already set up a reconnaissance squadron in charge of the platforms.
Harris's tweet comes after the US Department of State had approved in July 2019 a potential USD950 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of contractor logistics support and other services for the RoKAF's Global Hawk fleet.
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced at the time that the proposed sale also included programme management, minor modifications and upgrades, spare and repair/return parts, operational flight support, depot and organisational level maintenance, technical and logistics services, and other related elements of logistics and programme support.
Harry Harris, the US ambassador to South Korea, released an image on 19 April showing two Global Hawks in RoKAF markings parked in a hangar at an undisclosed location. Via Twitter the ambassador congratulated "the US-RoK Security Cooperation teams on delivering Global Hawk to the RoK this week".
Harris did not specify the number of UAVs delivered, but a RoKAF official told Jane's the following day that only one UAV had recently been handed over, meaning that the photograph published by Harris shows the RoKAF's first Global Hawk alongside the recently delivered second one.
A few days earlier, on 9 April, the Yonhap News Agency had quoted South Korean military officials as saying that two more Global Hawks were expected to arrive in South Korea in April, following the arrival of the first one on 23 December 2019 at the RoKAF's Sacheon Air Base in South Gyeongsang Province.
The media outlet also reported that the RoKAF aims to start operating the UAVs by the end of 2020, adding that the service has already set up a reconnaissance squadron in charge of the platforms.
Harris's tweet comes after the US Department of State had approved in July 2019 a potential USD950 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of contractor logistics support and other services for the RoKAF's Global Hawk fleet.
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced at the time that the proposed sale also included programme management, minor modifications and upgrades, spare and repair/return parts, operational flight support, depot and organisational level maintenance, technical and logistics services, and other related elements of logistics and programme support.
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