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Ex-USFK commanders visit Hanwha

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By Nam Hyun-woo
  • Published Nov 5, 2024 4:45 pm KST
  • Updated Nov 5, 2024 4:45 pm KST
Former commanders of the Korea-United States Combined Forces Command pose with Hanwha Aerospace CEO Shin Hyun-woo, center, during their visit to the company's plant in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Friday. Hanwha Aerospace said Tuesday that the former commanders were briefed about the plant's production line for the K9 self-propelled howitzer and expressed their opinion that the K9 and the K10 ammunition resupply vehicles are 'necessary assets for U.S. Forces.' Fourth from left are retired Gen. Walter Sharp, Shin, retired Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, Korea-U.S. Alliance Foundation President Leem Ho-young and retired Gen. Robert Abrams. Courtesy of Hanwha Aerospace

Former commanders of the Korea-United States Combined Forces Command pose with Hanwha Aerospace CEO Shin Hyun-woo, center, during their visit to the company's plant in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Friday. Hanwha Aerospace said Tuesday that the former commanders were briefed about the plant's production line for the K9 self-propelled howitzer and expressed their opinion that the K9 and the K10 ammunition resupply vehicles are "necessary assets for U.S. Forces." Fourth from left are retired Gen. Walter Sharp, Shin, retired Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, Korea-U.S. Alliance Foundation President Leem Ho-young and retired Gen. Robert Abrams. Courtesy of Hanwha Aerospace