The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN; Korean: 대한민국 해군; Hanja: 大韓民國海軍), also known as the ROK Navy or South Korean Navy, is the naval warfare service branch...
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The Republic of Korea Navy has about 160 ships in commission (a total displacement of about 232,285 tonnes). The vessels are categorized into four levels...
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The Republic of Korea Navy Special Warfare Flotilla (Korean: 대한민국 해군 특수전전단; Hanja: 大韓民國 海軍 特殊戰戰團), name abbreviated NAVSPECWARFLOT or WARFLOT, is a special...
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The Republic of Korea Armed Forces (Korean: 대한민국 국군; Hanja: 大韓民國國軍; RR: Daehanminguk Gukgun; lit. Republic of Korea National Military), also known as...
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The Republic of Korea Navy was founded on November 11, 1945 as Marine Defense Group after Korea was liberated from the Empire of Japan. The ROK Navy is...
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ROK Marines or South Korean Marine Corps, is the naval infantry of South Korea. The ROKMC is a branch of the Republic of Korea Navy responsible for amphibious...
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The Republic of Korea Navy was established on November 11, 1945, as the Marine Defense Group (later became the Korean Coast Guard) after Korea was liberated...
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The Korean People's Army Navy (KPANF; Korean: 조선인민군 해군; Hanja: 朝鮮人民軍 海軍; MR: Chosŏn-inmingun Haegun; lit. Korean People's Military Navy) or the Korean People's...
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The Republic of Korea Navy, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), and the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) of South Korea have been...
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Ulsan-class frigate (category CS1 Korean-language sources (ko))
frigate (Korean: 울산급 호위함; Hanja: 蔚山級護衛艦) is the high-end complement of the high-low mix domestic naval construction plan of the Republic of Korea Navy under...
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The South Korean navy includes the Republic of Korea Navy Headquarters, Republic of Korea Fleet, Republic of Korea Marine Corps, Naval Education and Training...
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kr (in Korean). Retrieved 30 December 2021. "Army Insignia". army.mil.kr. Republic of Korea Army. Retrieved 2 June 2021. "해군계급장/해군흉.휘장". navy.mil.kr (in...
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ranks of Korea are the military insignia used by the two nations on the Korean Peninsula, those being the Republic of Korea Armed Forces (South Korea) and...
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South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders North...
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scrapping, or transferred to the Greek, Turkish, Colombian and South Korean Navies. The last two Asheville-class gunboats in US service were USS Chehalis...
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Korean Navy may refer to: Currently Korean People's Navy, the navy of North Korea Republic of Korea Navy, the navy of South Korea Historically Joseon...
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AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat (section South Korea)
in favour of the Wildcat. The rotorcraft is also marketed towards export customers; overseas operators include the Republic of Korea Navy and the Philippine...
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Type 214 submarine (section South Korea)
Co. in Skaramangas, Greece. The Hellenic Navy named them the Papanikolis class. The Republic of Korea Navy has ordered nine Type 214 submarines, designated...
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5,800 artillery pieces and MRLs as of 2014[update]. (This figure does not include mortars) The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) additionally operates...
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Donghae-class corvette (category Corvettes of the Republic of Korea Navy)
Corvette) (Korean: 동해급 초계함; Hanja: 東海級哨戒艦) is the low-end complement of the high-low mix domestic naval construction plan of the Republic of Korea Navy under...
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The Republic of Korea Army (ROKA; Korean: 대한민국 육군; Hanja: 大韓民國陸軍; RR: Daehanminguk Yukgun), also known as the ROK Army or South Korean Army, is the army...
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The Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command (ROK-SWC; Korean: 대한민국 육군 특수전사령부 or 특전사; Hanja: 大韓民國陸軍 特殊戰司令部), also known as the Republic of Korea Army...
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Armed Forces (ROKAF) Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF)...
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class Inhaúma class Barroso class F2000 class (transferred to Indonesian Navy) Flower class Castle class Type 056 Niels Juel class Triton class (Albatros...
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Patrol Ship Multi Mission. The class was used by South Korean, Indonesia, Taiwan and Thailand Navies. PSMM Mk5 multi-purpose patrol boat class gunboats employed...
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Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer (category Articles containing Korean-language text)
(Korean: 광개토대왕급 구축함; Hanja: 廣開土大王級 驅逐艦), often called KDX-I, are destroyers, but are classified by some as frigates, operated by the Republic of Korea...
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Guided-missile destroyer (redirect from List of guided missile destroyers)
anti-missile or ballistic-missile defense role. This is especially true for navies that no longer operate cruisers, so other vessels must be adopted to fill...
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Cheetah (L18) INS Mahish (L19) INS Guldar (L21) INS Kumbhir (L22) The Indian Navy also previously operated the Gharial class the local name for the Polnocny...
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Korean vertical launching system (K-VLS or KVLS) is a hot-launch vertical launching system developed by South Korea to be deployed by the Republic of...
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(HMS). Origin: United States Korean-designed general purpose corvettes made originally for the Republic of Korea Navy, which were then transferred to...
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