Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyer
- Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyer
The "Gwanggaeto the Great" class destroyers (Hangul 광개토대왕급 구축함), often called KD-I class, are destroyers operated by the Republic of Korea Navy. It was the first phase of ROKN's KDX program, in moving the ROK Navy from a coastal defence force to a blue-water navy.
Weapon Systems
It is armed with an OTO 127 mm/54 caliber gun, two 30 mm Goalkeepers, 16 MK 48 Mod 2 Raytheon RIM-7P Sea Sparrow SAM missiles, RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship cruise missile and two torpedo mounts in a triple tube configuration. Its vertical launch system can hold up to 16 missiles.
Construction
All "Gwanggaeto the Great" class destroyers were built by the Daewoo Heavy Industries Co., Inc. at Geoje, South Korea. In 1989, Daewoo Heavy Industries began working on the 4,000-ton destroyer which is now secondary destroyer of the Korean navy, and the achievement was made through DSME's 100% design engineering for the first time in Korea.
hips in the class
See also
* Korean Destroyer eXperimental
* "Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin" class destroyer (KDX-II)
* King Sejong the Great class destroyer (KDX-III)
External links
* [http://www.navy.mil.kr:8005/index.jsp ROKN Navy website on KDX-I]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/kdx-1.htm Globalsecurity on KDX-I]
* [http://www.powercorea.com/ship_KD1.htm Powercorea on KDX-I]
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