Description:
The KDX-2 class destroyers have been designed to perform a wide variety of missions. They are equipped with Standard SM-2, ESSM, and Harpoon missiles and an Mk45 naval gun, two helicopters, and a Goalkeeper Close-In Weapon System (CIWS). The MK41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) for improved weapons availability is installed on these ships as well.
Originally, the Republic of Korea Navy ordered three KDX-2 destroyers to be delivered between 2003 and 2005. In the early 2000s, the program was expanded allocating funds for three additional vessels to be built from 2006 until 2008. The six KDX-II destroyers will complement the three planned KDX-III Anti-Air destroyers that will be outfitted with Lockheed-Martin's Aegis weapon system.
The Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS) SSCS Mk 7 Combat Management System is a central part of the KDX-2 weapon system. It consists of ten multi-functional consoles along with the required infrastructure for planning, executing and monitoring warfare engagements. The system itself is an upgrade of those supplied to KDX-I destroyers in the later 1990s.
Specifications Accommodation: Crew 185
Guns: Main Gun Caliber 127 mm
Number of Weapons: 40
Dimensions: Beam 17.4 m, Draft 9.5 m, Length 150 m
Weights: Max Weight 5,500 t
Performance: Top Speed 29 kt (54 kph)
Power: Power 65,000 shp
News
Operators
South Korea / 6
Ships
DDH 975 Monn-Moo
Commissioning: 2003
DDH 976 Moonmu the Great
Commissioning: 2004
DDH 977 Daejoyoung
Launch/Keel Laying: Thursday, December 11, 2003 Commissioning: 2005
DDH 978 Wanggun
Launch/Keel Laying: Monday, November 05, 2007 Commissioning: 2007
DDH 979 Ganggamchan
Launch/Keel Laying: March 2006 Commissioning: Monday, October 01, 2007
DDH 980 Choi Young
Launch/Keel Laying: Friday, September 01, 2006 Commissioning: 2008
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Notes (*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)
South Korea / 6 
