South Korea is planning to build so-called ‘arsenal ships’, able to carry hundreds of missiles, as it looks to counter any possible threat from its North Korean neighbour, a Business Insider report published by Yahoo said.
They would be the first arsenal ships ever built, although the concept itself is the brainchild of the US Navy, the report explained. Washington defence chiefs proposed ships that would have up to 500 vertical launch system cells, capable of launching Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles, SM-2 interceptor missiles and RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles.
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- By Sean O’Meara
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