First South Korean Aegis Combat System Ship Commissioned

KOREAN AEGIS: South Korea put its first Aegis-equipped ship into service Dec. 22. It is the fifth nation to join the worldwide Aegis fleet. DDG 991, Sejong the Great, the first of Korea’s three Aegis-equipped KDX-III destroyers, was built and tested at Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, Korea and...

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