South Korea: Navy's Anti-Piracy Units Get Better Equipment

The Defense Ministry has reinforced the equipment and training of the Navy's units in charge of defending global oceans from pirates after they successfully rescued a Korean freighter from Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden in January last year. The Navy has now supplied UDT/SEALs with a device that shoots a projectile attached to a rope at the upper deck or a protruding part of the vessel, making it easier for commandoes to board. In the past, the Navy's special forces only had rope

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