KDDX-class destroyer

{{Short description|Stealthy destroyer class under development by Hyundai Heavy Industries for ROK Navy,}}

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The Korean Next-Generation Destroyer (KDDX) is a next generation stealth guided-missile destroyer under development by Hyundai Heavy Industries for ROK Navy, to be launched after 2025. Displacement of the class is set to be about 8,000 tons, length 155 meters, breadth 18.8 meters and draft 9.5 meters. Will feature KVLS to launch Hyunmoo-3C land-attack cruise missiles and SSM-700K anti-ship missiles. At 8000 tons displacement, it will be lighter than Sejong the Great-class destroyers, but with more advanced sensors and stealth characteristics and lower operating costs.{{cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/naval-exhibitions/2014-archive-naval-exhibitons/indomarine-2014/2160-dsme-showcasing-its-next-generation-kddx-destroyer-for-rok-navy-at-indo-defence-2014.html|title=DSME showcasing its next generation KDDX Destroyer for ROK Navy at Indo Defence 2014|author=|date=|website=navyrecognition.com|accessdate=5 November 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/kdx-3-bmd.htm|title=KDX-III Destroyer|first=John|last=Pike|date=|website=globalsecurity.org|accessdate=5 November 2017}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jsd5CgAAQBAJ&q=korea+kddx&pg=PA293|title=The Changing Military Balance in the Koreas and Northeast Asia|first1=Anthony H.|last1=Cordesman|first2=Aaron|last2=Lin|date=7 July 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442241114|accessdate=5 November 2017|via=Google Books}} The ships will have advanced missile defense.{{cite web|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171019000769&mod=skb|title=Korea Herald|author=|date=|website=The Korea Herald|accessdate=5 November 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/10/19/2012101901215.html|title=Korea to Boost Naval Capacity Amid Regional Arms Race|author=|date=|website=The Chosun Ilbo|accessdate=5 November 2017}} The size of this new destroyer would be between that of the currently operating 4,200-ton KDX-II and the Aegis Destroyer KDX-III, and would be assigned to a naval task force.[http://espas.eu/orbis/sites/default/files/generated/document/en/160922_Korean_Peninsula_Modernization.pdf Korean peninsula modernization]espas.eu {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107003423/http://espas.eu/orbis/sites/default/files/generated/document/en/160922_Korean_Peninsula_Modernization.pdf |date=2017-11-07 }} The total cost of developing and producing the six vessels is expected to top $6.2 billion.{{cite web | url = https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/can-south-korea%E2%80%99s-new-aegis-destroyers-shoot-down-north-korean-missiles-41982 | title = Can South Korea's New Aegis Destroyers Shoot Down North Korean Missiles? | publisher = The National Interest | date = January 2019 | accessdate = 14 January 2020}}