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Thursday, November 08, 2012

Exclusive: DSME to build two 3000 tons conventional submarines for ROK Navy

3000 Ton class submarine |Korean government very recently selected DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd) as preferred bidder to assemble two 3000 ton class conventional submrines (SSK) Navy Recognition has learned during Indo Defence 2012, the Tri-service defence exhibition currently being held in Jakarta.

Our source explained that the 3000 ton class submarine was designed by DSME and HHI (Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd) collaborativly under the South Korea governement policy however the South Korean government decided to award the construction contract to DSME.

The original design of the submarine includes 6 VLS (vertical launch system) tubes. They would accomodate a future cruise missile in development by LIG Nex1 while the launchers would be provided by Doosan.

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