On 30 March 2023, the keel of a conventionally powered submarine was laid at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Okpo, South Korea, which is exceptionally large with a length of 89 metres and a displacement of 3,600 tonnes. What is particularly remarkable about this new boat, however, is the fact that the future Lee Bong-chang will have ten bays for launching submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).
The Lee Bong-chang is already the fourth unit of the South Korean KSS-III project and the first of a slightly larger version. The first unit of this ship class,
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Anschütz develops autonomous navigation and deployment system
The specialists at Anschütz in Kiel have developed a navigation and deployment system for autonomous and unmanned naval operations. Anschütz develops autonomous navigation ...
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