The South Korean submarine fleet will be able to carry ballistic missiles. Yesterday, July 4, the portal daum.net he reported that the Navy of the Republic of Korea successfully launched the Hyunmoo SLBM from the submarine.
The launch was carried out from the Dosan Ahn Changho submarine as part of fire tests. By the end of the month, this submarine with a displacement of about 3000 tons is planned to be transferred to the combat fleet.
Dosan Ahn Changho Submarine
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Only eight countries in the world have the technology to create submarine-launched ballistic missiles or SLBMs. The Dosan Ahn Changho submarine of the KSS-III project will be the first in the South Korean navy to carry cruise and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
As part of the KSS-III (Chang Bogo III) project, it is planned to build nine submarines for the South Korean Navy, which will be released in three batches with modifications to each of the subsequent ones. Each of the submarines of the first series will have 83.5 m in length and a displacement of more than 3000 tons. The main armament of the submarines of the first three were multi-purpose cruise missiles manufactured by the company LIG Nex1 (the launcher will accommodate 6 missiles), as well as torpedoes. Dosan Ahn Changho is the first-born of the second three submarines.
