South Korea's Navy Chief of Staff Adm. Song Young-moo started a 10-day trip to Spain, Turkey and Italy on Wednesday, seeking further military exchange and cooperation with those countries, the Navy said.
According to the Yonhap news agency, Song would start his European tour in Spain with consultations with his counterparts over the operation of the Aegis system, an advanced combat system that uses powerful computers and radars to track and destroy enemy targets.
South Korea became the fifth country in the world last year to acquire an Aegis destroyer following the United States, Japan, Spain and Norway and the third to have an Aegis ship with a displacement of 7,600 tons. The Aegis destroyers in Spain and Norway both have a displacement of 4,600 tons.
Yonhap cited the Navy as saying that Song would then travel to Turkey seeking cooperation opportunities for South Korea's defense industry, and then to Italy for discussions on the exchange of military personnel.
Source: Xinhua
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