KDX-IIA is an Aegis Combat System armed variant of the KDX-II, of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN). As of 2011 ROKN planned to build at least 6 ships of this class with a proposed displacement of 5500 ~ 7500 tons over the 2019 to 2026 time frame. It is the final part of the Korean Destroyer eXperimental program. Although the

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

n government has not released detailed documents about this class, it is likely to use

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like KDX-II as well as having a more integrated

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and better data link capabilities. All of these improvements are expected to enhance littoral combat as well as blue-water capabilities. The ROKN expects it to make up a major part of the fleet. Each unit will cost around $500~$700 million. This project has been revised into the Korean Next-Generation Destroyer (KDDX) program.

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* * *{{cite web, url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/10/113_53441.html , title=S. Korean Navy to Build 6 Mini-Aegis Destroyers , publisher=Koreatimes.co.kr , date=2009-10-13 , access-date=2012-05-14 Destroyers of the Republic of Korea Navy Proposed ships

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