You clearly do not even grasp the scale of Choe Hyon.
I don't think scale matters all that much.
F125 is over twice as large; Zumwalt(as finished), almost 3.
The former is officially classified as a frigate (and performs as one), the second one is not...but for practical purposes was downgraded into constellation level capabilities (well below Burke), just with more, larger VLS of two kinds. Effectively something like a strange, underprotected Soviet CG.
Previously it seemed radars would be mounted on superstructure where bridge is with size of 3.5 meter width and 2.5 meter height.
Now with finalized design that moved radar to above bridge, went from 2 at front to 4 that cover 360 degrees along increase dimensions.
It seems each radar might be 3.5 meter wide and 4 meter tall thus far larger than for example Israeli EL/M-2248 MF-STAR by over 50% !
With all due respect, that's a wtf argument. It was always going to be 360 deg coverage, ships aren't designed with "here we fight here we don't".
Everyone from school can do diagram of fields of fire. Korean engineers can too.
Being larger than MF-star isn't that much of argument, this isn't an especially large or capable system that fits quite well on Sa'ar 5.
For 2020s destroyer, we're looking at big configurations of SPY-6/7 or 346, etc. Just in order to actually see - and engage in time - small return targets (ballistic, VLO planes) at OtH ranges.
Also, while at it, don't look at exact size just yet. Radars are not installed yet, that's essentially guaranteed. Covers are in exact same color as ship plating around them, i.e. those are still temporary shields.
Along it is more heavily armed than Visakhapatnam-class destroyer from India as an example.
It is, at least in number of cells. But destroyer in modern great navies isn't just "something larger than a frigate". Thus I above questioned whether Visakhapatnam is in the same category anyway. When even in Indian navy itself, concurrent frigate is strictly speaking more capable.
National pride aside, of course, if we do a comba force calculation, do we count(and expect to perform) Visakhapatnam together with Nilgiri, or with 055?
How is Daring class not a destroyer!?!?!
Per national classification it is a destroyer. Just as Iranian destroyers.
Realistically, it isn't even all that high up among modern frigates in capability. There's little reason to separate it from other modern AA frigates, capable of doing more or less same thing.
