The Korea Times
The Korean Navy and the state-run Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) launched the ROKS Jeju, Wednesday, the fourth in a series of advanced frigates designed to bolster the country’s coastal defenses. The vessel, an Ulsan-class Batch-III frigate, was christened at a shipyard in Goseong, South Gyeongsang Province, marking a milestone in a program aimed at replacing the military’s aging fleet of smaller warships with high-tech, multi-mission platforms. The 3,600-ton guided-missile frigate measures 129 meters in length and 14.8 meters in beam. It is armed with a 5-inch gun, Korea Vertical Launch System (KVLS), surface-to-air missiles, surface-to-surface missiles, tactical ship-to-shore missiles and long-range anti-submarine torpedoes — all domestically developed systems. ROKS Jeju's most notable upgrade over previous frigates is its Integrated Sensor Mast (ISM) incorporating a domestically developed four-face fixed-array Multifunctional Phased Array Radar (MFR) capable of simultaneous detection, tracking and engagement of multiple air and surface targets across all bear
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