SEOUL (BNS): South Korea will launch a new frigate armed with guided missiles and a high-tech radar system this week, according to a report.

This will be first of the 20 frigates to be built by 2020 under a naval buildup project ‘FFX.’ The new frigate will be put into service in mid-2013, the report said.
The 2,300-ton frigate will be equipped with Raytheon’s Phalanx Close-in Weapon System. The rapid-fire, computer-controlled radar and 20-mm gun system is designed to shoot down anti-ship cruise missiles and helicopters at short range.
The 114-meter long frigate can carry an anti-submarine helicopter and guided weapons, including homegrown anti-submarine Cheonsangeo (Blue Shark) torpedoes, it said.
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