South Korea Plans To Buy 36-48 More Apaches—Report

Kim Minseok Bradley Perrett December 24, 2019
AH-64
Credit: U.S. Army
SEOUL, BEIJING—The South Korean defense ministry plans to order 36-48 Boeing AH-64E Apaches to reinforce the current fleet of 36 attack helicopters of the type, local media report. If carried out, the plan will defeat attempts by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to supply an attack version of its...
Kim Minseok

Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.

Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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