From: Stasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Xinhua: S.Korea to Buy 111 U.S. Missiles, 29 Launchers HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- Friday, January 04, 2002 11:37 AM S.Korea to Buy 111 U.S. Missiles, 29 Launchers -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xinhuanet 2002-01-04 19:34:14 ����SEOUL, January 4 (Xinhuanet) -- South Korea will buy 111 tactical ballistic missiles and 29 launchers at a cost of 400 billion won (some 305 million U.S. dollars), the Defense Ministry said Friday. ����Under a finalized agreement with Lockheed-Martin, the country will get all the arms by 2004. ����South Korea is the first foreign country to buy the 300km-rangeArmy Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) developed to replace Lance missiles. ����The multiple ATACMS launcher can carry two missiles capable of obliterating an area, the size of three to four soccer fields.Enditem _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
