South Korean Military Developments

[asianobserve]

Post all South Korean military news here.

 

[asianobserve]

South Korea’s arms sales spiked and continue to rise

https://defence-blog.com/south-koreas-arms-sales-spiked-and-continue-to-rise/

 

[asianobserve]

An informative table of the top 10 arms exporters and importers for 2020.

Notice that of the top 10 top arms exporters, 7 are close US allies including South Korea.

What does that tell you about close association with the US on a country's defense industry?

 

[Soldier355]

Tests of the new fighter KF-21 Borama South Korea

The South Korean aircraft manufacturer Korean Aerospace Industries has begun ground testing of the KF-21 Borama fighter. The plane was created as a cheap alternative to the American F-35 fighter. Borame does not have internal weapon hardpoints needed to reduce visibility. This does not allow it to be attributed to the fifth generation of aircraft. At the same time, he will be able to fly faster than the F-35, accelerating to a speed of Mach 1.9. On an external sling, the aircraft will be able to carry up to 10 missiles. The aircraft actually belongs to the generation 4 plus fighters. The manufacturer claims that the radar of their aircraft is better than that of Russian or Chinese aircraft, although it is not clear how they came to such conclusions, other countries except Russia do not have exact information about the capabilities of the Su-57 radars. It is alleged that in total, at the points of external suspension, the KF-21 will be able to carry up to 7.5 tons of bombs, missiles or external fuel tanks, increasing the range of the vehicle. Such a load is quite at the level of the American F-35 and noticeably more than that of the F-22. The aircraft is equipped with an active phased antenna array and software at the level of fifth-generation aircraft. There are also optical and thermal imaging passive systems for searching and aiming at enemy aircraft. The KF-21 in the Block 2 version will receive large compartments for the internal placement of weapons: this will reduce its radio visibility to the level of the F-117, and the Block 3 version will receive even lower radio visibility, closer to the F-22.

 

[Soldier355]

Large-scale US and South Korean Ssangyong amphibious landing maneuvers have started. South Korea's and the US's Ssangyong exercise became a deterrent to North Korea's latest ICBM launch. About 30 ships, at least 70 aircraft and helicopters, as well as landing craft are involved in the exercises. In addition, for the first time, 40 British Marines will take part in the maneuvers, and the military from Australia, the Philippines and France will be present as observers. Aviation is also involved in the exercises, the video shows B-1B bombers, US Air Force F-16C fighters and South Korean F-35A. The Ssangyong exercises are part of the larger Freedom Shield maneuvers.

 

[Gyyan]

Since there is no dedicated South Korean thread

 

[Gyyan]

 

[jai jaganath]

It says they have deployed bhramos type supersonic ashm by 2021 but my last update was that it's still under testing
If it's true they have developed successfully developed bhramos competitor
Did Russians help them bcoz design is similar
And out of 4 first one has been deployed it seems or in advance testing

 

[Gyyan]

It says they have deployed bhramos type supersonic ashm by 2021 but my last update was that it's still under testing
If it's true they have developed successfully developed bhramos competitor
Did Russians help them bcoz design is similar
And out of 4 first one has been deployed it seems or in advance testing

Its been tested range of about 300-600 and speed about Mach 2-3.
I remember they were working on some AD program do you have something on that?

 

[jai jaganath]

 

[jai jaganath]

Its been tested range of about 300-600 and speed about Mach 2-3.
I remember they were working on some AD program do you have something on that?

They have some L sam or M sam program