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| AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter (File Photo) |
by Elizabeth Shim
South Korea's military deployed powerful AH-64E Apache helicopters for the first time during an exercise Thursday.
The AH-64E, which features digital cockpit avionics and powerful engines, would be used to target incoming North Korea military tanks, Yonhap reported.
The 30-millimeter chain gun located under the aircraft's forward fuselage, as well as mounted rockets, can hit targets within a 1.25-mile range, according to the report.
The Apache's rocket launcher can carry several 2.75-inch aerial rockets.
The exercise involving six Apache helicopters was held at a military range in Yangpyeong, in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province, an area near Seoul.
South Korea first brought in Apache helicopters in May (2016).
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