General Electric.

General Electric's marine gas turbine operations will supply South Korea's Samsung Techwin with twelve LM2500 aero-derived gas turbines for use in Korea's next-generation KDX Type III Type III may stand for:

Glycogen storage disease type III, a genetic disorder
Hyperlipproteinemia type III, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease
The IBM Type-III Library, a distribution mechanism for unsupported IBM mainframe software such as CP/CMS

destroyer destroyer, class of warship very fast relative to its length, generally equipped with torpedos, antisubmarine equipment, and medium-caliber and antiaircraft guns. The newest destroyers are equipped with guided missiles as their chief offensive weapon. . Hyundai or Daewoo shipyards in Korea will build a total of three of the new destroyers, each of which weighs over 7000 tonnes and will use four LM2500 gas turbines rated at 30,000 shaft horsepower horsepower, unit of power in the English system of units. It is equal to 33,000 foot-pounds per minute or 550 foot-pounds per second or approximately 746 watts. for total propulsion of 120,000 shp.

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