米国務省：韓国RoKNに、最新CIWS供与を承認：KDXIII駆逐艦向け（動画）：
US：sale of latest Phalanx CIWS for RoKN’s KDX III destroyer：
美国国务院批准可能出售RoKN的第一台KDX III Batch IIPhalanx CIWS
米国務省：
「2つのMK15 MOD 25ファランクス近接兵器システム（CIWS）」を、「3900万米ドルで、対外有償軍事援助（FMS）すること」を承認しました。
大韓民国海軍（RoKN）向け：
3隻の世宗大王（KDX III）級誘導ミサイルとして、
駆逐艦向けに最新装備を提供します。
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 1 December that
the South Korean government had requested to buy two Phalanx Block 1B Baseline 2 (IB2) systems along with 4,000 20 mm armour-piercing incendiary (API) rounds.
Also included in the proposed deal,
which still needs to be approved by the US Congress, are spare parts, other support equipment, ammunition, books and other publications, software, training, engineering technical assistance and other technical assistance, and other related elements of programme and logistical support.
The agency
said the potential sale is aimed at improving South Korea’s capability to “meet current and future threats”,
adding that the first KDX III (also spelled KDX 3) Batch II destroyer will use these systems “to provide it with effective means of detecting and defending itself against incoming airborne threats”.