From August 2012 to March 2013, sailors deployed on South Korean Aegis ship DDG-993 were reliant on lifejackets that, unbeknownst to them, might not have saved them in case of emergency.
Lawmaker Kim Kwang-jin of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy raised this issue in a report last week, not long after a similar report from the National Assembly faulted the South Korean Army for its poor quality body armor.
From August 2012 to March 2013, sailors deployed on South Korean Aegis ship DDG-993 were reliant on lifejackets that, unbeknownst to them, might not have saved them in case of emergency.
Lawmaker Kim Kwang-jin of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy raised this issue in a report last week, not long after a similar report from the National Assembly faulted the South Korean Army for its poor quality body armor.
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