Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) held a launching ceremony in April 2023 for the Korean Navy’s first ‘3,600-ton class’ frigate, Chungnam. The ceremony took place at the company’s Ulsan headquarters. Chungnam is the first ship of six Ulsan-class Batch-III frigates. The vessel is 129m long with a breadth of 15m. It is equipped with a multi-function phased array radar capable of 360-degree omnidirectional detection, tracking, and response. The ship has a form of hybrid electric propulsion that reduces its noise signature. The vessel is due to be delivered at the end of 2024.
Swarming attacks and uncrewed vessels: new challenges to warship survivability
The RINA Warship conference in Adelaide in June 2024 heard that surface combatant survivability needs to be revisited to address challenges posed by attacks by multiple UAVs, and uncrewed vessels have challenges all of their own. Future warships will have to be able...
