SEOUL, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- South Korea's fleet of Aegis destroyers has been granted official missions in the wake of recent North Korean provocations, and at least one warship is on active duty, a Seoul official said.
The destroyer is stationed off the eastern coast of South Korea, but could be mobilized to another location as North Korea steps up rocket launch activities near the China border, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported. Two other warships are on standby, and all are equipped with SPY-1D, the surveillance radar that can detect ballistic missiles outside a 620-mile radius and simultaneously track 1,000 targets from a distance of up to 310 miles.