US to Provide Aegis Systems for Three More Sejong-Class S. Korean Warships

© AFP 2023 / US NAVYAn interceptor missile is fired from the US Navy Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie, some 200 miles out at sea from Kauai, Hawaii
An interceptor missile is fired from the US Navy Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie, some 200 miles out at sea from Kauai, Hawaii - Sputnik International
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The United States will provide Aegis missile defense systems for three additional KDX, or Sejong-class destroyers in the South Korean Navy, and two more Japanese Atako-class destroyers, defense contractor Lockheed Martin said in a press release.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Already, four of Japan’s Kongo-class destroyers and two Atago-class destroyers carry the Aegis system, the company said.

"Aegis will join the next three KDX-III Sejong the Great-class destroyers, a multi-purpose destroyer with air and land defense and anti-submarine capabilities," the release stated on Monday.

A Standard Missile (SM-3) is launched from the Aegis combat system equipped Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) during a Missile Defense Agency ballistic missile flight test - Sputnik International
US Supplying $490Mln Worth of Aegis Systems to Japan, S. Korea Navies

Also, two more Aegis-equipped warships will join Japan’s fleet in addition to the current six carrying the Aegis system, Lockheed Martin noted.

All five systems will be provided to the two countries under a $490 million contract under which it will also cover equipping additional US Navy warships with Aegis systems, the release added.

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