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Serbs received a lot of Chinese weaponry lately. Like HQ-22 anti-air system (short-range S-300 type) last year, now thinking they can take out some NATO fighter jets if needed. They‘ll never learn, seems they only understand violence and JDAMS.

K806/808 aren’t great platforms (wheeled vehicles aren‘t ROK strong points), first a private venture project, many variants were deployed with the cheapest configuration possible in ROK Army. Out of all 5 I would choose Polish license-build Rosomak version, a very good armored vehicle but could...

2 Turkish, 1 Korean, 1 Canadian, 1 Finnish-Polish models in Peruvian tender for 8x8 AFV/APC:

Great photo series from Kim Sang Yeon via Korea Defense Blog: K2 Black Panther MBT K1A2 MBT K21 IFV K600 Rhino engineering vehicle K239 Chunmoo MLRS TPQ-74K Sky Mirror counter-battery radar K153C2 Raycolt reconnaissance vehicle K30 Biho SPAAG K31 Cheonma K-SAM K216A1 NBC...

If I remember correctly the engine embargo kicked in after 280 Firtina I. Exports to Saudis were prevented from Germany then.

Twitter post of military hobby bloggers 😅, could be a mistakenly taken photo from a Google search … You think Germans would lift their engine embargo for Romania, it ain‘t Saudi Arabia or UAE 🤔?

That‘s correct. 12 factory new K9 and 36 refurbished vehicles from ROK army inventory. Annual production capacity in Korea estimated ~200 K9. Is Firtina I or II in the tender? If it is first T-155 model than the assembly kits have to be obtained from Hanwha (350 total in license contract, 280...

Due to bad weather conditions the flyover of fighter jets and helicopters were cancelled. Commemorative event at Seoul Air Base earlier in the morning (full length) https://www.youtube.com/live/-CramU5qO50?si=f9qBTIrZGodLnKWP Military street parade in downtown Seoul (full length)...

Thanks for your info, naval shipbuilding prices can‘t be compared 1:1 with different acquisition contracts of countries. But the newest heavier 4,300t Ulsan class Batch III frigates with integrated mast and more powerful AESA panels etc. cost $316 mil. And afaik Korean naval contracts are fixed...

Not sure if the figures are comparable, similar Korean Daegu class multi-purpose frigates costs around $260 mil. each without missile load. 8 ships were built by HHI and DSME until 2021. Slightly heavier and bigger than Istif class with 3,600t displacement but 8 instead of 16 AShM. With...

Aaaah, okay, didn‘t noticed that. Weight of CLU is excluded, guessing it will be around 3-4kg. Thanks for your help!

Akeron MMP is an awesome system. But it‘s not shoulder-launched, the „firing post“ (tripod & battery included) weighs 11kg. Missile in tube 15kg. Total weight: 26kg. As I understood, Karaok‘s 16kg is total weight with missile, tube and launching unit.

Why wouldn‘t they put it in the brochure? Would be a major selling point. A light weight 16kg portable ATGM (launcher included) with 4km range is unheard of. They could sell it like hot cakes 🔥

You mean Pakistan? Afaik the Chinese pretty much designed and tested the JF-17 for them.

Afaik, KF-21 Block I will be to a degree multi-role. The detailled future plans are in flux and not fixed. 2024-2028: 40x Block I air-to-air and limited air-to-ground ordnances, into ROKAF service in 2026 2029-2032: 80x Block II with expanded air-to-ground ordnances (e.g. Cheonryong ALCM...

Gaming time of Chinese, NK and Japanese pilots … for training and intel 😂

The moment I saw the „Exclusive“ and news source, me like: 🧐🤔😑

DAPA, reports of ‘KF-21 development cooperation with UAE’ are “unfounded” Successful first flight of domestically produced fighter KF-21 prototype 6 (Seoul = Yonhap News) The Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced on the 28th that the 6th aircraft, the last prototype of the...

Haven‘t seen any test footage of Trophy or other APS successfully defending against a top-attack missile like Javelin or Spike diving steep down at a nearly 90° angle. How about fast reloading? Saturated and simultanous attacks will overwhelm APS as well. I don‘t believe all this marketing...

I only know the specs of seeker, warhead, flight path and attack angle of Javelin. There‘re no such infos available for Karaok to me. No proof but visible differences of wings and body designs of both ATGM and common sense, man 😁 You said here you compare Karaok to Javelin and assumes that it...