Jeongjo the Great class Destroyer
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KHMS Jeongjo the Great
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Class overview | |
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Operators: | |
Preceded by: | Sejong the Great class |
Cost: | $923 million |
Planned: | 22 |
Building: | 2 |
Completed: | 18 |
Cancelled: | 2 |
Active: | 18 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Guided-missile destroyer |
Displacement: |
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Length: | 170 m (557 ft 9 in) |
Beam: | 21.4 m (70 ft 3 in) |
Draft: | 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion: | |
Speed: | exceeds 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range: | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) |
Endurance: | 30 days |
Complement: | 240 |
Sensors and processing systems: |
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Electronic warfare & decoys: | LIG Nex1 SLQ-200K Sonata electronic warfare suite |
Armament: |
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Armor: | Confidential |
Aircraft carried: |
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Aviation facilities: | Hangar and helipad |
Jeongjo the Great Class Destroyers are destroyers deployed by the Royal Joseon Navy to the maritime fleets through the KDX-III Batch-II project.
Jeongjo the Great Class Destroyer has a ballistic missile defense (BMD) system along with the Aegis combat system and has multifunctional phased array radar, infrared detection and tracking equipment, and electronic optical tracking equipment, and its ability to detection and tracking has more than doubled compared to Sejong the Great class destroyers.
In addition, with the integrated sonar system developed by the Agency for Defense Development, the submarine detection distance has improved more than three times compared to Sejong the Great class.