KDX-IIA

Class overview
Builders	Hyundai Heavy Industries Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Operators	Republic of Korea Navy
Preceded by	Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin class
Cost	$500~700 million
Planned	6 (not confirmed)
Building	0
Completed	0
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	5600~7000 tons
Length	150 m (492 ft 2 in)
Beam	17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Draft	9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	CODOG
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement	300
Notes	Class reorganized under the Korea Next-Generation Destroyer (KDDX) Program

KDX-IIA is an Aegis Combat System armed variant of the KDX-II, Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin-class destroyer of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN). As of 2011 ROKN planned to build at least 6 ships of this class with a proposed displacement of 5500 ~ 7500 tons over the 2019 to 2026 time frame. It is the final part of the Korean Destroyer eXperimental program. Although the South Korean government has not released detailed documents about this class, it is likely to use stealth technology like KDX-II as well as having a more integrated sonar and better data link capabilities. All of these improvements are expected to enhance littoral combat as well as blue-water capabilities.

The ROKN expects it to make up a major part of the fleet. Each unit will cost around $500~$700 million.

This project has been revised into the Korean Next-Generation Destroyer (KDDX) program.

See also

• Aegis Combat System
• Korean Destroyer eXperimental
• Republic of Korea Navy
• KDX-II

External links

• "유용원의 군사세계". Bemil.chosun.com. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
• Galrahn (2009-10-15). "The AEGIS Frigate Out East". Information Dissemination. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
• "S. Korean Navy to Build 6 Mini-Aegis Destroyers". Koreatimes.co.kr. 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2012-05-14.

This page was last edited on 22 February 2024, at 15:59