Congress Notified of Possible South Korean Helicopter Sales

By Dan Dupont / June 27, 2001 at 5:00 AM
The Pentagon informed Congress yesterday of competing proposals for South Korea's attack helicopter competition, expected to be decided in November. South Korea will choose between the AH-64D Apache, the AH-1Z Super Cobra and the Russian Ka-52 Hokum B helicopter, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. The country will buy 36 attack helicopters and will choose one of five options: government-to-government sales of the Apache or Cobra; direct purchases of either U.S. helicopter from their manufacturers; or the Russian aircraft,...

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