23 August 2011 MDAA SOURCE: Arirang
The South Korean Navy will start equipping its patrol boats on the West Sea with man-portable missiles which will allow it to shoot at North Korean flying hovercrafts.
Navy officials say the boats currently carry forty-millimeter guns that may not be able to catch up to hovercraft traveling at high speeds, so the anti-ship Mistral missiles will be used as a cover in emergency situations.
The Navy has been testing the Mistral missiles with the Agency for Defense Development between January and June this year and approved its usage.
Officials say heightened tensions on the western sea border prompted them to introduce the missiles for the first time.
The Mistral missiles will be loaded onto boats starting the end of this month.
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