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Through the first phase, KSS-I, the ROK Navy acquired nine 1,200-ton ''Chang Bo-go'' Class Submarines . For the second phase, '''KSS-II''', the ROK Navy plans to acquire nine 1,800-ton Type 214 Submarines with Air-Independent propulsion (AIP) system "방사청, 英 구조잠수정 1척 도입키로" . Republic of Korea Navy i-News. Retrieved March 11, 2007.; the lead ship of her class, ROKS ''Sohn Won-il'' (SS 072) was launched at a shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries on June 9, 2006. The third phase of the program, '''KSS-III''' is scheduled to begin in 2007 and to build the lead ship of her class in 2017. A total of nine 3,000-ton '''KSS-III''' submarines are expected to be built in South Korea with indigenous technologies (i.e. not going under license as the previous KSS-I and '''KSS-II''' submarines). "3000t급 잠수함 개발 연내 착수" . Joins.com. Retrieved March 7, 2007. SEE ALSO NOTES |
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