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Promotion clip of submarine Li-Ion battery system by Hanwha Aerospace. First to be integrated in 3,600 t KSS-III Batch II SSKs right now under construction. „World‘s best“? Korean marketing 😁

As this is an economy thread I thought about general consumer tech and business practice unrelated to defence. Ofc, if the US dominated world order breaks down in a global conflict, IP legal frameworks mean not much. Up until then I like to remind that powerful Western bloc-countries like US...

GlobalFoundries lost the semicon tech race years ago. Many inhouse development projects failed and they ended up buying licenses. Their „latest“ node process technology (22 nm, 14 nm, 12 nm) is licensed from other major players. TSMC and Samsung are both technology leaders with 3 nm and a...

True, Type 216 is a non-existent „paper boat“ right now. Thinking of all the initial issues of Greek Type 214s and recurring fuel cell and cable defects on Korean Son Won Il-class, any introduced new sub design is a risk factor. 30 years deployment of a faulty sub could easily become a financial...

Nice show for the crowd: https://youtube.com/shorts/YkkZhELAbe4

Yes, the German-Norwegian Type 212 CD slipped my mind, less displacement than Type 216. Could Canada get onboard in this ongoing project? Downside of German sub shipyards is capacity and construction speed. Koreans (HHI, DSME) practically learned building modern SSK (U209, U214) from HDW in...

Surely they‘ll also visit Naval Group and TKMS as well. Germany‘s Type 216 is an interesting design for Canada IMO: 4.000 tons surfaced displacement, double hull structure, 6x 533 mm tubes, diesel electric with fuel cell and methanol reformer AIP in combo with Li-Ion batteries, Vertical Multi...

Hanwha Ocean‘s „GHOSTCommander“ drone carrier & mothership concept clip: More detail pics of the „drone carrier“: http://www.defensetoday.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=5662

Combat XLUUV on Hanwha Ocean stand at MADEX 2023 Hanwha Ocean Unveils Combat XLUUV Hanwha Ocean today unveiled a new extra large uncrewed underwater vehicle dubbed "Combat XLUUV" at the 2023 international Maritime and Defence Exhibition (MADEX) in Busan, South Korea. Xavier Vavasseur 07 Jun...

Polish JELCZ vehicle looks badass. Much cleaner European design than Doosan DST "trucks" (now Hanwha). Edit: Polish with a sprinkle of ex-Soviet looks 🤓

Hanwha Ocean's (ex-DSME) design concept model of the ~8.000-ton " joint firepower" arsenal ship. Same integrated mast as KDDX. Edited VLS count: - 48x KVLS-I (quad-packed K-SAAM or KASROC) - 32x KVLS-II (land attack cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, ballistic missiles) - 15x new launching...

K-Pop proven unveiling ceremony, always put on a good stage show while flashing military toys 😁

KDDX next generation destroyer: Command & control mothership for UAV, USV, UUV: CVX with 2 CATOBAR, AAG and KF-21N (speculated 70.000 ton full displacement): Source: https://bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/bbs/view.html?b_bbs_id=10108&branch=&pn=1&num=938#

Specialized drone carrier model which looks way too "unreal" IMO:

Expect more detailed infos coming out in the following days. Concept image of a future ROK Navy Carrier Strike Group via Korea Defense Blog CVX model pics from the HHI booth at MADEX 2023: Drone mothership model pics at the HHI booth:

HD HHI booth at MADEX 2023 HD HHI Leads The Expansion Of The Korean Defense Industry To The Sea HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) showcases world-class shipbuilding technologies at 2023 MADEX (June 7-9), continuing the legacy of the Korean...

The possibility of an Indonesian procurement is there. But better get the payment upfront or Türkiye has to pre-finance it with national loans … Budget and time restraints are dictating the KFX project. ITAR was never a priority. In the next years ROKAF has to retire and replace over 185 F-5...

Maybe they‘ll go for TFX Kaan instead …

Just to clarify: Both Indonesian test pilots experienced a ride on the back seat of the KF-21 No. 004 two-seat prototype while the plane is piloted by a Korean test pilot during the whole flight. According to military officials, Indonesian pilots will be allowed to test pilot a KF-21 prototype...

Nobody knows. Defense officials are incredibly secretive about some projects. Just like the years-long rumors about a Korean supersonic AShM and BAM out of nothing they release video footage of the missile. And thereafter: total silence again 😵‍