[Photo] S. Korea third largest importer of US military equipment
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Posted on : Sep.25,2019 16:08 KST
During his summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, US President Donald Trump said that South Korea is a big customer when it comes to purchases of US weapons and military equipment, to which Moon responded by laying out in detail three years of South Korean purchases of US weaponry, the Blue House revealed. South Korean is the third largest importer of US weaponry, beat only by Saudi Arabia and Australia. During the past 10 years (2008-2017), South Korea has spent US$6.73 billion on US weaponry. The photo shows an F-35A fighter jet on its way to South Korea from Luke Air Force Base in Arizona on Mar. 28. (provided by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration)
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