SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military on Wednesday started deploying a new mine detector capable of locating non-metal objects, such as those made of wood, the state arms procurement agency said. The deployment of the detector, PRS-20K, comes as the military has sought to replace its aging PRS-17K detectors that are unable [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to start deploying a new military mine detector capable of locating non-metal objects, such as those made of wood, in the latter half of next year, the state arms procurement agency said Monday. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) signed a contract with local developer Hanwha [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has developed a new mine detector capable of finding nonmetal explosives, such as wooden-boxed land mines with the country’s indigenous technologies, the arms procurement agency said Monday. Equipped with a ground penetrating radar, the PRS-20K detector also has an improved detection rate in finding metallic mines compared [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has sent 200 mine detectors to Vietnam. VnExpress and other Vietnamese media reported on Thursday that the Vietnam National Mine Action Center received 200 mine detectors from Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Wednesday. The feat comes as [...]