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S. Korea to add submarines, Aegis destroyers
잠수함·이지스함까지… 한국군 막강하네
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The Navy plans to strengthen its deterrent ability by building nine 3,000-ton next-generation submarines, a senior officer said last Thursday.

By Kim Jong-chan

The Navy plans to strengthen its deterrent ability by building nine 3,000-ton next-generation submarines, a senior officer said last Thursday.

In addition, the number of 1,800-ton submarines will be increased from three to nine by 2018 to secure sea routes and prepare for anti-ship warfare, said Rear Adm. Park Chan-seok, chief of the Navy’s capabilities planning office, during a parliamentary audit of the Navy held at its headquarters in South Chungcheong Province.

The Navy will also double its number of 7,600-ton Aegis-class ships to six by 2020, Rear Adm. Park said. As a result, the number of ROK Navy flotillas will increase from the current one to three. A flotilla is usually composed of two Aegis ships, four destroyers, one command ship and five submarines.

Other naval build-up plans include the construction of six to nine 5,000-ton next-generation Korean destroyers, about 20 2,300-ton frigates, one 3,000-ton mine layer and three more 730-ton mine sweepers, the officer said.

About 8.4 trillion won will be needed through 2030 to implement plans to reinforce the Navy, sources said.

To this end, about 490 billion won should be set aside each year, they said.

Members of the National Assembly Defense Committee have agreed on the need to spend large sums of money to beef up the country’s naval forces, the sources added.
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잠수함·이지스함까지… 한국군 막강하네
해군이 적 도발의 전략적 억제와 기동 부대 작전을 위해 2020년 이후 3,000톤급 차기잠수함(KSS-Ⅲ) 9척을 확보할 계획이라고 밝혔다. 해군 박찬석 전력기획참모부장(소장)은 18일 충남 계룡대 해군본부에서 열린 국회 국방위원회 국정감사에서 업무보고를 통해 해군 주요 전력 증강 계획을 공개했다. 박 부장은 "KSS-Ⅲ와 함께, 현재 3척을 보유 중인 1,800톤급 잠수함(KSS-Ⅱ)도 2018년까지 9척으로 늘려 해상 교통로를 보호하고 대수상함전에 대비키로 했다"고 말했다. 이와 함께 해군은 현재 3척인 7,600톤급 이지스구축함(KDX-Ⅲ)을 6척으로 늘려 2020년까지 1개뿐인 기동전단을 3개로 늘리겠다고 밝혔다. 기동전단은 이지스구축함 2척과 구축함 4척, 지휘함 1척, 잠수함 5척으로 이뤄진다. 해군은 또 2023년 이후 5,000톤급 한국형차기구축함(KDDX) 6~9척을 신규 확보하고 2,300톤급 차기호위함(FFX)도 내년부터 20척 가량 건조키로 했다. 2016년에는 3,000톤급 차기기뢰부설함(MLS-Ⅱ) 1척을 신규 확보하고 현재 3척인 730톤급 소해함(MSHㆍ기뢰를 없애는 데 쓰이는 배)도 2019년까지 6척으로 늘릴 계획이다. 군은 이를 위해 2030년까지 8조4,000억원 가량의 예산이 필요할 것으로 추산하고 있다. 군 관계자는 "내년 예산 500억원을 시작으로 매년 4,900억원씩 편성돼야 한다"며 "국회 국방위원들도 필요성에 공감하는 분위기"라고 전했다.
 
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