The Hong Sang Eo (Red Shark)

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: 홍상어 어뢰), also called the K-

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, is a vertically launched

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successively developed and tested by South Korea's University of Science and Technology, the Korea Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and the

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in 2009.Yonhap News - S. Korea builds guided missile tipped with torpedo 6/22/2009
/ref> The Red Shark missile has a range of and carries a

K745 Blue Shark The K745 Blue Shark (Hangul: 청상어 경어뢰) is a light anti-submarine torpedo developed for the Republic of Korea Navy in 2004. The Blue Shark torpedo can be deployed from surface ships, ASW helicopters and maritime patrol aircraft. Produc ...

torpedo that is deployed by parachute near the intended target. After release, the Blue Shark independently searches for the target. The missiles are planned to be deployed on

KDX-II ''Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin'' class destroyers (, Hanja: 忠武公李舜臣級驅逐艦) are multipurpose destroyers of the Republic of Korea Navy. The lead ship of this class, ROKS ''Chungmugong Yi Sunsin'', was launched in May 2002 and commissio ...

and

KDX-III The ''Sejong the Great''-class destroyers (Sejongdaewang-Geup Guchukam or Hangul: 세종대왕급 구축함, Hanja: 世宗大王級驅逐艦), also known as KDX-III, are three guided-missile destroyers of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN). Hull ...

destroyers starting in 2010. Each destroyer will carry between 8 (KDX-II) and 16 (KDX-III) of the missiles. The development cost of the program was around

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80 million, with a production cost of about $14 million. They were designed in order to combat the potential threat of North Korean submarines.

Ships

The Red Shark missiles are fitted to the following ship classes :*

Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin class destroyer ''Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin'' class destroyers (, Hanja: 忠武公李舜臣級驅逐艦) are multipurpose destroyers of the Republic of Korea Navy. The lead ship of this class, ROKS ''Chungmugong Yi Sunsin'', was launched in May 2002 and commissio ...

(KDX-II) :*

King Sejong the Great class destroyer The ''Sejong the Great''-class destroyers (Sejongdaewang-Geup Guchukam or Hangul: 세종대왕급 구축함, Hanja: 世宗大王級驅逐艦), also known as KDX-III, are three guided-missile destroyers of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN). Hull ...

(KDX-III)

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Ships

See also

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