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| South Korean Navy King Sejong the Great class Destroyer |
By: Wendell Minnick
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Japan and South Korea will outfit their new destroyers with Aegis Baseline 9 as part of an overall program by both countries to improve its integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) system, the latest evolution in the Aegis Combat System (ACS).
The $490 million deal, announced by the US government’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program on Aug. 12, will include Lockheed Martin's SPY-1 radar.
“When paired with the MK 41 Vertical Launching System, it is capable of delivering missiles for every mission and threat environment in naval warfare,” according to an Aug. 15 Lockheed Martin news release.
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