Interview with Captain Choi on the KSSIII submarine program of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy, during the Combined Naval Event (CNE) 2024.

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Captain Choi Sangdeok is the Director of the KSSIII program group at the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA).

The KSSIII was the first submarine designed and built independently in the Republic of Korea. When surfaced, the KSSIII displaces 3,300 tonnes with dimensions of 83.3×9.6×7.62m. It is equipped with an AIP (Air Independent Propulsion) system using fuel cell. The underwater speed is 20 knots. KSSIII is armed with six 533.4mm tubes for heavy torpedoes, antiship missiles, cruise missiles and bottom mines. In addition – as the first ‘Western’ conventional submarine – the class received hullmounted vertical launchers for SLBM (Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles) with conventional warheads.

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