The three new destroyers will integrate the AEGIS system. At the same time, their construction should be completed by 2028. The first three, “Sejong the Great”, entered service in 2008, 2010 and 2012, while Hyundai built it in collaboration with Daewoo. The “Sejong the Great »Have a displacement of 8,500 tons or 11,000 tons with a full load, length 166 meters, width 21.4 meters and draft 6.25 meters. They require a crew of 300 people.
The ship will have COGAG (Combined Gas and Gas) propulsion system with four General Electric LM2500 engines with a total power of 100,000 hp. Their maximum speed exceeds 30 knots (56 kilometres per hour). In comparison, their range is 5,500 nautical miles (10,186 kilometres) with a cruising speed of 20 knots (37 kilometres per hour). Their electronic equipment consists of AN / SPY-1D (V) multifunction radar, AN / SPG-62 fire control radar, DSQS-21BZ-M keel sonar, SQR-220K sliding sonar and IRF infrared search and detection system: Infrared Search & Track). It also integrates the home design and development integrated electronic warfare system SLQ-200K Sonata.
Their armament consists of a 127 mm Mk.45 Mod.4 main cannon, a Goalkeeper type close protection system (CIWS) with a 30 mm cannon and a RAM missile system, 16 anti-ship missiles SSM-700K Haeseong, maximum range 200 K-745 Blue Shark triple launchers with a maximum range of 19 km at a speed of 45 knots (83 km / h), 80 Mk.41 VLS vertical launchers for SM-2 Block.3B and Block.4 air defence missiles 48 K-VLS vertical launch cells for K-ASROC anti-submarine missiles and Hyunmoo-3 surface-to-air missiles with a maximum range of 500-1,500 depending on the version. The ship’s helipad supports the MH-60 SeaHawk helicopter.
