South Korea launches fourth of 20 new frigates

South Korea launches fourth of 20 new frigates
by Richard Tomkins
Seoul (UPI) Aug 25, 2014

sonar security system makes debut
Kongsberg, Norway (UPI) Aug 25, 2014 - A rapidly deployed shallow-water sonar security system has been launched by Norway's Kongsberg Mesotech Ltd.

The system, the M3 MARSEC, is described as a turn-key product with multiple applications, including berth clearance, hull inspection, structure inspection, detection of unexploded ordinance and improvised explosive devices, and detection of divers.

"At the core of the M3 MARSEC is Mesotech's proven M3 MultiMode Multibeam Sonar," the company said. "The M3 Sonar is the only instrument in its price point that produces high-quality imaging records and 3D profiling data using the same sonar head."

Kongsberg said the M3 MARSEC is a plug-and-play system that can be set up by two people in under one hour by inexperienced users or in 15 minutes by experienced ones.

Additional details were not provided.

A fourth guided missile frigate for the South Korean Navy has been launched by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, the Ministry of National Defense announced.

The ship, "Gangwon Ham," is one of 20 new frigates planned for the Navy by the mid-2020s and will be delivered to the service next year.

Gangwon Ham displaces 2,300-tons and 374 feet in length. It carries 120 sailors, has a maximum speed of as much as 30 knots and will carry a full complement of anti-ship and air defense weapons. Among them: the Haeseong ship-to-ship guided missile, Chung Sang Eo light torpedoes and a 5-inch main gun.

More than 90 percent of ship systems are locally made.

"The next frigate will allow our defense ability for near sea to be improved so that North Korean threats can be deterred," a South Korean Navy spokesman said. "If the enemy provokes us, we'll instantly punish them and bury them at sea."

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