Choe Hyon-class destroyer

Class overview
Builders
Operators Korean People's Navy
Built2024–present
In commission2025–present
Planned4
Building1
Completed2
Active2
General characteristics
TypeGuided-missile destroyer
Displacement5,000 t (4,900 long tons)
Length~144–145 metres (472 ft 5 in – 475 ft 9 in)
Beam~16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Sensors &
processing systems
  • Phased array radars
  • Type 362 air/surface search radar
  • 3 × fire-control radars
  • 2 × navigation radars
  • Hull-mounted sonar
  • IFF system
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 4 × countermeasures dispensers
  • R-ESM
  • R-ECM
Armament
  • 1 × 127 mm (5.0 in) or 130 mm (5.1 in) naval gun
  • 1 × Pantsir-ME CIWS
  • 2 × 30? mm CIWS
  • 8 x 1 14.5mm KPV heavy machine gun
  • 88 × VLS cells of various sizes for guided missiles
  • 4 × 4 anti-ship missile launchers
  • 2 × 2 533 mm (21.0 in) DTA-53 torpedo launchers
Aircraft carried1 × helicopter or UAV
Aviation facilitiesFlight deck
NotesReferences

The Choe Hyon-class destroyer (Korean: 《최현》급다목적구축함) is a class of guided-missile destroyers of the Korean People's Navy (KPN). The first vessel, the Choe Hyon, was unveiled by the Korean People's Army on 30 December 2024. The second ship, Kang Kon, capsized during launch but was eventually restored to upright position and relaunched on 12 June 2025.

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