S. Korean sub to make trans-Pacific journey for joint drills with Canada amid major bid

A 3,000-ton South Korean naval submarine will travel across the Pacific for the first time to take part in joint drills with Canada in June, aimed at bolstering maritime security and arms industry cooperation, the Navy said Wednesday. The planned 14,000-kilometer journey by the ROKS Dosan Ahn Chang-ho comes as a South Korean consortium is vying with Germany's Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems to win a landmark contract to supply 12 naval submarines to the Canadian navy. The submarine is set to travel

By The Korea Herald