The next-generation Aegis ship, King Jeongjo, will deliver the Navy on the 27th.SM-3 Fleet Air Missile Mounted

The next-generation Aegis destroyer, King Jeongjo, will be delivered to the Navy on the 27th, military officials said.

The King Jeongjo ship, which was launched in 2022, will be delivered to the Navy and will undergo tests in all areas, including boarding and arming Navy crews, for about a year.

The King Jeongjo ship has the largest drainage among the destroyers owned by the Navy with 8,200 tons of drainage, and is equipped with SM-3 fleet air-to-air missiles that defend against missiles at an altitude of more than 500 kilometers.

Unlike the existing Aegis ship's SM-2 missiles, which could only prevent aircraft and cruise missiles, the SM-3 missile has a high interception altitude, so it has the ability to defend against ballistic missiles in space.

As a result, it has the opportunity to intercept at sea following Patriot, THAAD, and M-SAM on the ground, allowing it to secure multi-layered and multi-regional missile defenses.