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The Republic of South Korea Navy has commissioned its sixth FF frigate, named ROKS Gwangju, the country’s arms procurement agency announced.

According to a report by the South Korean news agency Yonhap, the new frigate is expected to start patrols in March next year after it completes operational sea trials.

ROKS Gwangju is the last of six 2,300-ton frigates. Launched in August 2015, the frigate has a crew of 120 and is capable of reaching a maximum speed of 30 knots.

South Korea has already launched the first FF-II frigate ROKS Daegu. The second-batch frigates are bigger than the FF frigates displacing 2,800 tones.

FF-II frigates will be equipped with a 16-cell Korean vertical launching system for defense against air threats and six torpedo tubes for anti-submarine warfare. DSME, the shipbuilder in charge, said Daegu would delivered to the Navy in 2017 and is expected to become operational in the second half of 2018.

The new frigates South Korea is building are replacing the nation’s Pohang-class corvettes and Ulsan-class frigates.

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Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite (Front) reviews the troops at Lithuania's Armed Forces Day celebration in Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, on Nov. 23, 2016. Lithuanian armed forces and troops of some NATO member countries held a gala with formation on Wednesday to celebrate Lithuania's Armed Forces Day. The first decree on establishing armed forces was appoved on Nov. 23, 1918, which became the Armed Forces Day of the Baltic country. (Xinhua/Alfredas Pliadis)

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Members of Lithuanian armed forces attend the Lithuania's Armed Forces Day celebration in Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, on Nov. 23, 2016.

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Members of Polish armed forces attend the Lithuania's Armed Forces Day celebration in Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, on Nov. 23, 2016.

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Guards of honor attend the Lithuania's Armed Forces Day celebration in Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, on Nov. 23, 2016.

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Photos dated 12.02.2016...Recently, the Philippine Marine Corps in its central city launched a large-scale landing exercise,on the scale of about 500 troops. [Most of the translated captions extol the virtues of the Philippines New alliance with Russia and a relationship with China.]

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On December 1, the Philippine Air Force's second batch of FA-50PH serial numbers 17-0003 and 17-0004 arrived at the Clark Air Force Base in central Pampanga province, Luzon, Philippines.

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Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite (R) talks with a soldier during a media day training of allied military exercise Iron sword 2016 near Pabrade, Lithuania, on Dec. 2, 2016. Grybauskaite said on Friday the allied military exercise in Lithuania Iron Sword 2016 sent "a very clear message" about NATO's unity, amid country's efforts to step up its defense capabilities. On Friday, Grybauskaite observed the final operations of Iron Sword 2016, one of the largest military trainings in the Baltic states attended by around 4,000 troops from 11 NATO allies. (Xinhua/Alfredas Pliadis)

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Soldiers attend a media day training of allied military exercise Iron sword 2016 near Pabrade, Lithuania, on Dec. 2, 2016. Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said on Friday the allied military exercise in Lithuania Iron Sword 2016 sent "a very clear message" about NATO's unity, amid country's efforts to step up its defense capabilities.

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Military vehicles are seen during a media day training of allied military exercise Iron sword 2016 near Pabrade, Lithuania, on Dec. 2, 2016.

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