SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Navy looks set to embark on a long-cherished project next year to secure a light aircraft carrier, as the National Assembly passed a 7.2 billion won (US$6.1 million) budget for the project Friday in a reversal of an earlier move to slash it. The legislature passed the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Navy has unveiled a three-dimensional rendering of an envisioned light aircraft carrier in a show of its resolve to build the warship by 2033 amid lingering doubts over its feasibility and necessity. After five months of preparations, the Navy posted the six-minute clip depicting the carrier strike [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will push to deploy a light aircraft carrier by 2033 to boost the country’s defense capabilities, the arms procurement agency said Monday. The defense project promotion committee held a videoconference, presided over by Defense Minister Suh Wook, and approved the plan to build a 30,000-ton-class light aircraft [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The chief of South Korea’s Navy has vowed to make every effort to secure a light aircraft carrier and diverse military assets to boost defense capabilities. The Navy has sought to build a 30,000-ton-class light aircraft carrier, and the military authorities finalized a plan last week to push for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Military officials and defense researchers were to hold their first meeting Tuesday to develop core technologies necessary to build and deploy the country’s first light aircraft carrier by 2033, the arms procurement agency said. The military has been pushing to secure the 40,000-ton light aircraft carrier to “proactively respond [...]