SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A guided-missile U.S. nuclear-powered submarine arrived in South Korea Friday for a routine visit, the U.S. Navy announced. The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN-727) arrived at the southern port of Busan as part of a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific, it said. It marks the sub’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Thursday launched a new 1,800-ton submarine, characterizing it as a “strategic dagger” to strike precisely at a range of targets. The launch of the diesel-electric submarine wrapped up the Navy’s KSS-II acquisition program, which began in 2000, for the introduction of nine 1,800-ton 214-class submarines. “It’s [...]
JAKARTA, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean-made submarine has arrived at a port of the Indonesian Navy’s Eastern Fleet in Surabaya after 16 days of sailing from South Korea, the country’s Navy said Tuesday. The arrival of the new submarine, the KRI Nagapasa 403, on the previous day came after South Korea’s Daewoo [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Daewoo Shipbiulding & Marine Engineering Co., a major shipyard here, handed over a 1,400-ton diesel-electric submarine to the Indonesian Navy on Wednesday, becoming the first South Korean company to export a submarine. The company said it held a ceremony at its Okpo shipyard on Geoje Island off the southern [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has become the first South Korean company to export a submarine, joining the likes of the U.K., France, Russia, and Germany. According to DSME officials, a commemoration celebrating the delivery of a 1,400-ton submarine to the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of [...]
GEOJE, South Korea, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea launched its eighth 1,800-ton “KSS-II” submarine on Tuesday dubbed the Lee Beom-seok, named after a renowned independence movement fighter during the Japanese colonial rule, who served as a prime minister and defense minister after the Japanese occupation ended. The ship is scheduled for deployment in [...]
GEOJE Island, South Korea, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., a major South Korean shipbuilder, launched a 1,400-ton diesel submarine on Monday for the Indonesian navy, a company official said. The submarine is the second of the three submarines being built under a 2011 deal worth US$1.1 billion. In March, [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – KT Corp., South Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier by sales, said Friday it has set up networks for Wi-Fi connections in 20 of the Navy’s submarines to allow sailors access to the internet. The Wi-Fi networks will help Navy soldiers aboard submarines participate in online information communication technology education programs [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea needs to build a nuclear-powered submarine to better counter North Korea’s possible nuclear and missile attacks, an expert at Seoul’s state-run think tank said Friday. With the new atomic energy pact reached between South Korea and the United States in 2015, the last restrictions to building a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean Navy on Sunday inaugurated a submarine command as part of efforts to bolster its underwater capabilities and combat readiness against North Korea. The fleet of the command, based in the southern port city of Jinhae and led by a rear admiral, is composed of 13 submarines [...]