• The 170-metre destroyer carries domestically developed integrated sonar and ballistic missile systems and, unlike Sejong the Great-class ships, can perform interception missions.
  • Once delivered, South Korea's Navy will operate six Aegis destroyers; HD Hyundai Heavy built five, including all three King Jeongjo the Great-class vessels.
  • President Lee Jae Myung attended the launch, held 50 years after HD Hyundai set out to build South Korea's first domestically built warship.