The Korea Times
A Korean Navy submarine has arrived at a port in Canada for joint drills with the Royal Canadian Navy amid Seoul's push to win a Canadian submarine deal estimated at around 60 trillion won ($39.6 billion). The 3,000-ton ROKS Dosan Ahn Chang-ho entered a port at the Canadian naval base in Esquimalt, Victoria, on the country's southwest coast on Saturday (local time) after traveling some 14,000 kilometers via Guam and Hawaii on the first trans-Pacific voyage ever undertaken by a Korean submarine, the Navy said. It marked the first time the submarine had completed such a long voyage. The submarine departed from the naval base in Korea's southeastern port of Jinhae on March 25. A 3,100-ton Daejeon frigate traveled alongside the submarine. Two Canadian submariners joined Korean crew members in Hawaii for the final leg of the trip to Victoria. The Navy said the voyage demonstrates the ability of domestically built naval submarines to carry out long-term missions. "It highlights the submarine's operational capabilities, backed by high-quality onboard living conditions and the reliability of its
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