South Korean fleet received a new "paratrooper"

South Korean Navy received a new landing ship. The company Hyundai Heavy Industries gave the Navy a new ship named Il Chul Bong, reports "Warspot" with reference to the portal janes.com

second landing ship class LST-II "Cheon Ja Bong"

This is the third ship in a series of four vessels planned for construction. The first two of them are already included fleet, Il Chul Bong became the third, the fourth - No Jeok Bong - is at the final stage of construction.

In service with the South Korean navy, new "paratroopers" will complement the ships of the project LST-I (type Go Jun Bong), built in the 90-s. Currently, the crew of Il Chul Bong is undergoing intensive training, and by the end of this year the new ship should officially enter the fleet, having received an onboard number 688.

The displacement of the ships of the LST-II project is 4900 tons, and when fully loaded it exceeds 7000 tons. Il Chul Bong reaches 127 m in length, 19,4 m in width and can reach speeds of up to 23 knots (43 km / h). On the upper deck of the ship are two LCM type landing boats, a platform for two helicopters, and up to eight amphibious armored personnel carriers can be located inside the flooded deck. In addition, the ship can carry 2 tank and up to 300 fully equipped fighters.

Comments

[Serge Gorely]

DPRK fighting swimmers joyfully rubbing their hands ...

[Hunter 2]

You shouldn’t be so! Great Ship! We would like, at least five.

[Thunderbolt]

Quote: Serge Gorely

DPRK fighting swimmers joyfully rubbing their hands ...

swimmers, of course, are a good thing, but they won’t win wars.

[Shurik70]

The most interesting - such a ship South Korea can only use against the North. She has nowhere else to use it. This is not a defensive, but a purely offensive weapon. So it turns out that they openly acknowledge the preparation of aggression.

[Thunderbolt]

Quote: Shurik70

So it turns out that they openly acknowledge the preparation of aggression.

This does not mean anything, the DPRK also has an MP, which means that ... Germany attacked us in the Great Patriotic War, and we actively used naval assault forces, including the first defensive phase of the war.

[Shurik70]

So the Northerners have enough goals. South Korea, Japan, USA. There are many enemies. And the Southerners will not be allowed to attack anyone except the Northerners.

[210ox]

That's interesting .. Where do they get this numbering from? 688 ..

[Ingvar0401]

Well done korea

[rotmistr60]

Hope for the American, but don’t be bad yourself?

[donavi49]

They have a fairly strong fleet. The destroyers Sijon the Great are the most heavily armed destroyers in the world:
80 + cells for standards, xNNXX sparrows and 4% compatibility with axes.
48 cells for cruise missiles of the actual development (1000-1500 range - the latest versions with the breakthrough of air defense on M + in the final section)
16 RCC of its own - but half of the Exocets.
Rim-116 short-range air defense / missile defense system

[san4es]

Landing class ship LST-II "Cheon Ja Bong"

[bobba94]

For South Korea, the construction of such landing ships is the seed. More than 90% of the world construction of oil drilling platforms, more than 60% of the construction of tankers of all classes is South Korea. The country is officially recognized as the leader in world shipbuilding.