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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| ABM Turnaround In Seoul With SM-3s |
| 2008-01-26 |
| The South Korean Defense Ministry is already considering arming the South Korean Navy's 7,600-ton-class Aegis destroyers, including a King Sejong the Great-class ship, with the latest U.S.-built Standard Missile-6 anti-ballistic missile interceptors to defend against and destroy North Korean ballistic missiles. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #11 Yeah, ever since Dan Marino left... |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-01-26 23:12 |
| #10 The Dolphins sinse, they've gone bad. |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2008-01-26 19:31 |
| #9 what or who?besides maybe china |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-01-26 16:58 |
| #8 Not sure why SKor doesn't go for the land based BMD. The NKor missile threat doesn't fly over water. There are other threats to South Korea besides North Korea. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-01-26 12:27 |
| #7 Plausible deniability? "It's not an ABM system, it's a standard NATO-compliant ship-defense system." One way around problem legislators & riot-prone Nork puppets. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-01-26 12:10 |
| #6 Hit enter too soon. Not sure why SKor doesn't go for the land based BMD. The NKor missile threat doesn't fly over water. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-01-26 10:43 |
| #5 Aegis users: Spain Baby Aegis: Norway. Australia has ships on order from Spain. The SM-6 uses the SM-2 block IVA missile body, so a range of 200 NM or better is nothing to sniff at. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-01-26 10:41 |
| #4 Also note that the only two groups in the world who, when offered anti-missile defenses for their nations, refuse. The left in both the US and Canada, and Europe. This, just by itself, shows how dangerously ignorant and arrogant they are. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-01-26 08:51 |
| #3 Minor nit. The SM-6 is a shorter range missile than the SM-3. IIRC the SM-6 is an AMRAM seeker on top of an SM-2 and used for ABM/ACM as well as AA. |
| Posted by: Tholuper Scourge of the Nebraskans5421 2008-01-26 08:01 |
| #2 Aegis is also used by Spain, Norway, and Australia. Kinda funny how two of the major users are right up there next to North Korea. |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-01-26 07:47 |
| #1 Didn't realize the Koreans had Aegis equipped ships.... US, Japan.... ROK, anyone else? |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2008-01-26 02:33 |