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MOSCOW. The Russian system of active defence, Arena-E, will be installed on the South Korean HK2 battle tanks, which are currently under development. A Russian-South Korean agreement was signed on December 2, according to Jane's Defence Weekly.

According to Jane's, the signing of the agreement has paved the way for Arena-E to be sold to South Korea. The project, to adapt the Arena-E for HK2 tanks, by the Kolomenskogo Bureau of Machine Building (MSC) for the Agency for Defence Development and Land Forces of the Republic of Korea, will involve private firms; "Rotem, Samsung Thales, Pungsan and others.

Arena-E "—created by the MSC—can detect approaching guided and unguided anti-tank missiles at a range of 50 meters and automatically trigger a response to the attack with a delay of just 0.7 seconds.

The cost adapting the Arena-E for tank HK2 is 47.5 million dollars. Mass production of tanks could begin in 2011.

According to Jane's, no further details of the Russian-South Korean deal have been disclosed. The head of the MSC Valery Kashin refused to comment on a request from ARMS-TASS, to say whether the complex "Arena-E" will be sold to the Republic of Korea. However, experts believe that the broad composition of the project participants demonstrates that it is not just about integration "Arena-E" in yuzhnokreyskogo, ( I don't know this word) tank weapons, but also about modernising the original design.

Experts note that the although Russian efforts to sell weapons to South Korea are now limited to to fighter jets, submarines, tanks and ground-based air-defence systems; later, Moscow could consider offering advanced military technology. According to Jane's, Russian businesses are also involved in two South Korean programs on portable air defence systems.

This is mentioned in the article; but the South Koreans never agreed, nor was the system installed. JonCatalán^(Talk) 17:48, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

OK, just thought it might help. Graham. Graham Colm ^Talk 18:09, 25 December 2008 (UTC)