Military prosecutors are investigating a suspicion that a major U.S. defense company sold old radar systems disguised as new ones to the South Korean Navy between 2003 and 2005, officials of the Ministry of National Defense said Thursday.
The radars were installed on three 4,500-ton KDX-III destroyers, they said.
"We're still checking to see if there is reasonable ground for the suspicions," a ministry spokesman said.
He said the investigation began based on tip-offs that the Navy might have been defrauded in a commercial deal valued at nearly $30 million.
The Navy had reportedly identified flaws in the radars' performance and raised the suspicion that the radars may have been "recycled." The Navy has six KDX-II destroyers.
The ships have a 32-cell strike-length Mk 41 vertical launch system for SM-2 Block III/A air defense missiles, a 21-round RAM inner-layer defense missile launcher, a 30mm Goalkeeper close-in weapon system, eight Harpoon anti-ship missiles and two triple 324mm anti-submarine torpedo tubes.
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vnon (72.253.70.129)
11-19-2009 10:21
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jimbo1a (59.20.215.240)
10-16-2009 12:48
No credible newspaper would ever print anything as vague as this. There is certainly bribery in existence here, Korean companies and the govt are notorious for demanding their white envelopes. This sounds to me like someone is laying the ground work to blame a US company for something done by a Korean company.
jimbo1a (59.20.215.240)
10-16-2009 12:47
The only thing worse than a hate filled bigot is an illiterate, hate filled bigot. And with the idiotologist we certainly have that. How in the world anyone ever hired this moron to teach English is beyond me. Yesterday he even spelled English wrong a couple of times. Sounds like a good candidate for the rubber room.
davidquick (115.94.73.122)
10-16-2009 12:05
Nothing new hear (sic)? They have nothing more than suspicions due to performance issues. No solid evidence or proof. Whatever happened to the presumption of innocence? Oh right, American company. Thus we can expect the bigotry hammer of blame to be swung fiercely by a certain unqualified teacher.
haebyungdae (118.129.128.235)
10-16-2009 09:51
Based off tip-offs, seeing if there is reasonable ground...so there are no facts within this article? And anything that any other countries buy from the US is always "old" and will never be the newest generation. And what other powerful ally is going to "respect" Korea?
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