KSS-III Class
| Specifications |
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| Builder | Daewoo & Hyundai
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| Batch I | Batch II
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| Displacement, Surface | 3,358 tons | 3,500 tons
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| Displacement | 3,705 tons | 4,000 + tons
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| Length | 83.5 meters | Lengthened hull
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| Beam | 9.6 meters | meters
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| Draft | 7.62 meters | meters
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| Propulsion |
Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP)
Two 3.12MW diesel-electric engines
PEM fuel cell AIP
600 modules x 500kg per module LAB on 4 banks
| AIP + LiB
potentially, High-Temperature Superconductor (HTS) motor for integrated full electric propulsion system
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| Endurance |
19,000 km without refueling (Hawaii round-trip)
10,000 n.miles @ knots | miles @ knots
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| Underwater endurance | 50 days AIP no snorkel |
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| Speed | 20 knots | knots
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| Crew | 50 sailors |
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| Armament |
6 x 533mm torpedo tubes
6 x 800 km Hyunmoo 2B SLBM or
6 x 1,500 km Hyunmoo 3 cruise missile
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6 x 533mm torpedo tubes
10 x 800 km Hyunmoo 2B SLBM or
10 x 1,500 km Hyunmoo 3 cruise missile
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| Combat system |
LIG Nex1 Jangbogo-III Combat Management System (Hanwha Thales co-production)
LIG Nex1 Jangbogo-III Hull-mounted Sonar
Thales Planar Flank Array Sonar
Hanwha Thales Mine Avoidance Sonar
LIG Nex1/STX Towed Array Sonar System
LIG Nex1 SONATA EW (integrating Indra PEGASO Radar ESM)
Sagem Optronic Surveillance System
Hanwha Thales Satellite Communication System
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Indigenous combat system and sensors
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KSS-III Batch I was originally announced to be a "3,000 ton" boat, and eventually resulted in a design that was ~3,300 tons surfaced, and ~3,700 tons submerged.
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