US EditionKorea to transfer retiring submarine to Poland amid acquisition project bid
South Korea will provide the retiring ROKS Jang Bogo to Poland to support defense exports and aid a Korean firm bidding to supply four submarines under the Orka project.
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Korea to transfer retiring submarine to Poland amid acquisition project bid
Korea is set to transfer a retiring 1,200-ton submarine to Poland free of charge, military sources said Wednesday, in apparent support for a Korean defense firm bidding for the European country's submarine procurement project. Under the plan, the defense ministry is expected to hand over the ROKS Jang Bogo, the country's first naval submarine, set to retire at the end of the year after 34 years in service, according to the sources. The move come…
South Korean media say the Changbogo-III submarine, which is scheduled to be decommissioned, may be transferred to Poland.
The Ministry of National Defense said, “We will take this measure in consideration of the impact on defense exports.” We are also considering providing a 1,500-ton retired frigate. Although the government failed to secure a contract for Poland’s next-generation submarine project (Orca Project), we will transfer the retired submarine Jang Bogo (SS-I, 1,200-ton class) to Poland.
[Digital Daily Reporter Choi Min-ji] According to industry sources on the 26th, the government will transfer the Navy's first submarine, the Jang Bogo, to Poland free of charge. The 1,200-ton Jang Bogo, scheduled to be retired at the end of this year, was built at the HDW shipyard in Germany in 1988 and launched in 1991. It participated in the 2013 ROK-US joint anti-submarine warfare exercise and the 2016 Western Pacific submarine escape and res…
South Korea plans to hand over the ROKS Jang Bogo submarine to Poland free of charge in an effort to support a South Korean arms company that is bidding for a contract in Poland to produce new submarines, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday, citing military sources, TASR reports.
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