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Hello, no one seems to have picked up on this yet so I (apologetically) use some English to relay some Korean news on the details of the K9 Panssarihaupitsi deal.
Etelä-korea uutiset:
http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/news_Ec_detail.htm?No=123440
The content of the news:
As you already now, the K9 will participate in the exercises in Rovajärvi this week.
For the demonstration, Minister of Defence: Jussi Niinistö, Hanwha representatives, and the Korean DAPA minister 장명진 will meet.
They are expected to sign an MOU afterwards for a deal costing 400 million dollars (USD I'm guessing), 200 million for 48 used guns and another 200 USD for maintenance including technology transfer so that most if not all maintenance should be able to take place in Finland (would be an oversight to have it required to be shipped back to Korea for maintenance).
The actually signing of the deal would take place in early 2017 in Helsinki.
I'm not sure what Korea will do with the lost 48 guns, maybe we buy 48 new ones from Hanwha. If so, we might be losing money on this deal to make the norja ja tanska deals more likely. (And maybe all Nordic K9 maintenance will be done in Suomi? Probably they demand their own maintenance facilities but it's a probability.)
Etelä-korea uutiset:
http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/news_Ec_detail.htm?No=123440
The content of the news:
As you already now, the K9 will participate in the exercises in Rovajärvi this week.
For the demonstration, Minister of Defence: Jussi Niinistö, Hanwha representatives, and the Korean DAPA minister 장명진 will meet.
They are expected to sign an MOU afterwards for a deal costing 400 million dollars (USD I'm guessing), 200 million for 48 used guns and another 200 USD for maintenance including technology transfer so that most if not all maintenance should be able to take place in Finland (would be an oversight to have it required to be shipped back to Korea for maintenance).
The actually signing of the deal would take place in early 2017 in Helsinki.
I'm not sure what Korea will do with the lost 48 guns, maybe we buy 48 new ones from Hanwha. If so, we might be losing money on this deal to make the norja ja tanska deals more likely. (And maybe all Nordic K9 maintenance will be done in Suomi? Probably they demand their own maintenance facilities but it's a probability.)