Navy destroyer departs for Gulf of Aden amid Iran tensions

“A 4,400-ton South Korean destroyer departed from a naval base in the southeastern city of Busan on Friday for rotational deployment in an overseas mission based off the Somali coast, the Navy said. The ROKS Wang Geon destroyer departed from Busan, about 330 kilometers southeast of Seoul, to serve in the Cheonghae unit, which is currently on an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast. The Cheonghae unit's current scope of operation is restricted to waters off Somalia. But the

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