South Korean sailors will have new mission soon:

South Korea said Wednesday it would send a destroyer to keep pirates away from military equipment being shipped back from Iraq.

A 3,500-tonne destroyer carrying anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles and an anti-submarine helicopter has been made ready for the mission, the Joint Chiefs of Staff office said.

The office said the warship would escort a 13,000-tonne cargo ship carrying military equipment including 110 trucks and ammunition, which would leave Kuwait on Friday.  [AFP]

It is kind of funny that the ROK Navy may see more combat action fighting off pirates then the entire ROK Zaytun Unit saw in four and a half years in Iraq.