Salsu-class guided-missile cruiser

KHMS Salsu
Class overview
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:	4 × COGAG 2 × shafts 86,000 shp (64,000 kW) produced power
Speed:	32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range:	6,000 nmi (11,000 km)
Sensors and processing systems:	AN/SPY-1A/B multi-function radar AN/SPS-49 air search radar AN/SPG-62 fire control radar AN/SPS-73 surface search radar AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar AN/SQQ-89(V)1/3 - A(V)15 Sonar suite SAQ-540K Electro-optical targeting system(EOTS) (After 2011) SAQ-600K Infrared search and track(IRST) (After 2011)
Electronic warfare & decoys:	LIG Nex1 SLQ-200K Sonata electronic warfare suite
Armament:	2 × 5-inch (127 mm)/L62 caliber Mk 45 Mod 2 naval gun 2 × 20mm Block 1B Phalanx CIWS 2 × mounts for K6 .50 caliber machine guns 8 × NGAM Anti-Ship missiles 2 × triple torpedo tubes 128 cells × Mk 41 VLS
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.