Ready to Operate Helicopters homemade carousel

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

SEOUL - South Korea (ROK) is now ready to operate helicopters of its own called Surion. The helicopter will replace Helicopter UH-1HS after undergoing the process of development for six years.

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to develop 10 Helikoter Utilities (KUH-1) with company Aeronautics Defense and Space Europe. Development was done in conjunction with the development of Eurocopter. Currently, the helicopter is ready for operation by South Korean troops.

Successful assembly of the aircraft made ​​a South Korean state-11 is able to build a helicopter. Ginseng was once ranked sixth in terms of getting a helicopter assault force.

In Korean, "Surion" means agile and perfect. The first prototype of the helicopter Surion tested in 2010 before finally produced on a large scale in 2012. The helicopter will replace the UH-1H helicopter made ​​in the United States (U.S.) and 500MD of the elderly.

Surion successfully tested on the fly when the weather is cold. The trial took place in Alaska in December and February. During 2,700 hours of flying, Surion declared free of accidents and engine trouble.

Park Geun-Hye President and Minister of Defense Kim Kwan-Jim attended the inauguration ceremony of the helicopter in the city of Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province. In the historic procession, Park speech and raised the question of the development of the Korean Peninsula.

"When I visited the U.S., I and President Barack Obama confirmed, we will take firm action against all provocations from North Korea (North Korea), but we left the door open for dialogue," Park said, as quoted by Yonhap, Wednesday (05/22/2013) . (AUL)

Labels: Asia, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), News, President Barack Obama, Seoul, South Korea, United States (U.S.)

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