Pentagon approaches South Korean shipyards for US Navy contracts

The Pentagon has approached HD Hyundai and Hanwha Ocean to build destroyers and tankers.

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The South Korean firms could address urgent U.S. Navy modernization needs.

A deal would mark a shift in military-industrial cooperation between Seoul and Washington.

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