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Salsu-class guided-missile cruiser
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KHMS Salsu
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Class overview | |
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Name: | Salsu class |
Builders: | Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.,Ltd. |
Operators: | Joseon |
Preceded by: | Guiju-class |
Succeeded by: | Myeongnyang-class |
Cost: | $1 Billion |
Built: | 1991-1997 |
In commission: | 1992–present |
Planned: | 12 |
Completed: | 10 |
Cancelled: | 2 |
Active: | 6 |
Lost: | 0 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Guided-missile cruiser |
Displacement: | 9,800 t full load |
Length: | 173 m |
Beam: | 16.8 m |
Draft: | 10.2 m |
Propulsion: | |
Speed: | 32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
Range: | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) |
Sensors and processing systems: |
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Electronic warfare & decoys: | LIG Nex1 SLQ-200K Sonata electronic warfare suite |
Armament: |
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Aircraft carried: | 2 × Anti-Submarine helicopters |
Salsu-class guided-missile cruisers are cruisers operated by Royal Joseon Navy. It was constructed from 1991 to 1997, 6 of which are still active. Salsu-class is also the Royal Joseon Navy's first Aegis system-equipped vessel.
Salsu-class cruisers were built as part of a plan to address the growing anxiety over multipolarity, which hit Joseon's society right after the end of the Cold War. The Salsu-class is considered in many ways a copy of America's Ticonderoga-class cruiser.