Designed
and built by Hanjin Heavy Industries, the Dokdo class Amphibious Assault
Ship is the capital ship in the Republic of Korea Navy fleet. Built
as part of the LPX project, the Dodko strengthens ROK Navy defense against
emerging threats and provides the ROK Navy with true blue water, ocean
going and amphibious assault capabilities.
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Command and control of maritime mobile fleet
» Three-dimensional landing operations
» Support maritime air operations
» Disaster relief support
» Counter-terrorism operations
» National prestige enhancement
Deck
Equipment
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Payload capacity: Up to 720 fully equipped marines, 10 tanks, 10 trucks,
7 AAVs, 3 artillery systems.
» Well-deck has capacity for 2 LCU type landing craft or 2 Landing
Craft Air Cushion (LCAC). All types of vehicles (Jeeps, IFV, MBTs, APCs,
Engineering) as well as soldiers can be loaded into landing craft inside
the well-deck and taken to shore.
» Below deck hangar capacities for up to 15 helicopters.
» Flight deck to accommodate simultaneously up to 5 helicopters
of all types in service with NATO.
» 2 elevators: One for helicopters, one for ammunition and equipment.
Weapons
Guns:
» 2x Thales Goalkeeper 30 mm CIWS Missiles:
» 1x Raytheon Mk49 mod 3 Guided Missile Launcher (with 21x RIM-116
RAM Surface to Air missiles)
Sensors,
Electronics, Decoys
Combat
Management and Information Systems:
Thales TACTICOS Combat Management System
Optronics:
1x Sagem Vampir MB IRST
Radars
and ESM:
1x Thales SMART-L 3D multibeam long range surveillance radar
1x Thales MW08 G-band 3D target detection & tracking radar
1x GECO Engineering SPS-95K navigation & surveillance radar
Decoys/Counter
measures/Jammers:
LIG Nex1 SLQ-200K Sonata EW suite and Jammers
Communications: Link 11, 16
SATCOM
LIG Nex1 & Huneed Technologies JTDLS (Korean Joint Tactical Data
Link System)
Huneed Technologies DLPS
Thales AN 453/N Naval TACAN System
