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South Korea ready to purchase 36 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters

Seoul, South Korea - It is a 1.6-billion-dollar contract

South Korea is ready to acquire 36 AH-64E attack helicopters, to be delivered through 2018: the committee chaired by Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin gave its final approval for the Boeing model, over Bell Helicopter's AH-1Z Viper and the T-129 of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI). The contract will have an overall value of 1.6 billion dollars (roughly 1.23 billion Euros or 1.05 billion pounds). According...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1151542
Rome, Italy, 04/18/2013 17:01
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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