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S. Korea to buy two spy planes from France
AFP
South Korea will buy two French spy planes capable of intercepting radio messages from North Korea and detecting its missile launches, a state agency said Monday.
The Falcon 2000 reconnaissance planes will be purchased from defence firm Dassault, probably in 2017, the Defence Acquisition Programme Administration said in a statement.
The French planes will replace some of South Korea's ageing spy planes including RC-800s built by US firm Raytheon, it said.
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SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to buy two advanced reconnaissance planes from France by 2015, to allow the military to intercept radio messages from of North Korea, a government source said Monday.
The South's military will replace some of its aging spy planes with the militarized specialty version of "Falcon-2000" jet, produced by France's Dassault Aviation, to keep closer watch on North Korea, the source said on the condition of anonymity.
"The military decided to introduce two Falcon-2000 reconnaissance planes to replace its old spy planes that have a short range and old equipment," the source said.
Deployment of the French spy jets will take place before December 2015, when South Korea is
scheduled to retake wartime operational control over its troops from the U.S., the source said.
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