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Description: The Agusta Westland AW159 is a British naval helicopter developed to replace the old Lynx. It made its first flight in 2009 and entered into service with the British army in 2014 and with British naval aviation in 2015. It’s history in the ROK navy started back in 2013 when the Korean government signed with Agusta Westland a contract for the acquisition of height helicopters. becoming the first foreign user of the AW159. The Korean navy decided to use the helicopters for various roles such as search and rescue, naval patrol, ASW, and air-to-ground missions. But it is in these last two departments that the Korean Wildcat differs the most compared to the British model; indeed, the Korean Navy decided to equip their AW159 with the Israeli Spike NLOS (Non Line of Sight), which is a 50 km range atgm instead of the French-British Sea Venom for ingage small vessels, patrol craft, and armored units. They also decided to adopt the K745 Blue Shark 324 mm torpedo for anti-submarine operations while the Royal Navy used the Stingray torpedo. Other differences compared to the British Wildcat can be founded in some avionics and especially in the radar, which happens to be the Seaspray 7400E, a modern AESA radar with a 360-degree coverage and a spotting capability up to 360 km of range. In 2015, Korea considered a further acquisition of 12 more units to increase its anti-submarine and naval patrol capability, but this possibility fell apart some time later after the American UH-60 was selected over additional wildcats. In 2021, South Korea started a new upgrade program for the AW159, aimed mainly to improve operational communication and enhance interoperability between the Korean navy and the other allied armed forces. Nowadays, the Eight AW159 are mainly used on the Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship and on the other various Korean destroyers and frigates.
Why it should be in game: It could give to the British tt the only possible helicopter with the SPIKE NLOS atgm and thus it could be a good addition for the tt or as a premium veichle
Specifications
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Armaments
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Air to Ground missile
4x Spike NLOS
Torpedo
2x M745 Blue Shark
Sources
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Wildcat AW159 Helicopter Republic of Korea Navy ROKN
https://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/South-Korea-AW159/#google_vignette
Republic of Korea’s AW159 upgrade ensures interoperability with allies - Vertical Mag
All Eight ROK Navy AW159 Wildcat Naval Helicopters Now Operational
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