KSS-III submarine
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The KSS-III (Korean Submarine-III; Korean: 한국형 잠수함-III; Hanja: 韓國型潛水艦-III), often called Dosan Ahn Changho class (Korean: 도산안창호급 잠수함; Hanja: 島山安昌浩級潛水艦; RR: Dosan-anchangho-geup Jamsuham) is a series of diesel-electric attack submarines currently being built for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN), jointly by Hanwha Ocean and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).[2] The KSS-III is the final phase of the Korean Attack Submarine program, a three-phased program to build 27 attack submarines for the ROKN, between 1994–2029.[21]
ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho | |
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Operators | Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) |
Preceded by | Son Won-il class (Type 214 submarine) |
Cost | USD $900,000,000 per submarine[1] |
Built | 2014–present[2] |
In service | 2021-present[3] |
Planned | 9[4] |
Building | 1[5] |
Completed | 3[6] |
Active | 3[6] |
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Type | Attack submarine |
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Range | 10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi)[12] |
Endurance | 20 days (submerged)[13] |
Complement | 50[2] |
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Notes | First-ever AIP-equipped submarine capable of launching submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM).[19] |
The KSS-III initiative consists of the development of nine diesel-electric attack submarines, capable of firing submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM), to be built in three batches, between 2014–2029.[2][22]
A total of three submarines of the first batch of the series have been launched, with the first submarine, ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho, being commissioned on 13 August 2019.[3] The second ship, ROKS Ahn Mu, was commissioned on 20 April 2023.