I think you‘re mistaken. This dual-pack patent was never clearly meant for SM-2 dimensions afaik. Just a dual-pack canister concept afaik.
In practice a MK41 VLS (tactical or strike length) cell has a single SM-2, SM-3 or SM-6 installed. There’s no room for more than 1 missile of these sizes...
ASML's TWINSCAN EXE:5000 High-NA EUV lithography machine (called "tool") is mindblowing technology. It‘s massive and expensive as hell.
165t weight
5-6 months installation time by 250 engineers followed by months of calibration
$380-400 million per system
Intel is the 1st to introduce High-NA...
Hyunmoo-5 firing scene revealed in 2022:
So far ROK never displayed the 10-axle TEL which will be now shown at both parades Seoul Air Base and downtown.
Hyunmoo-5 (estimated specs):
36t mass
8-9t warhead (deep penetration)
75tf thrust (ton-force)
15-16m length
1.6m diameter
cold-launched...
S. Korea to showcase Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile on Armed Forces Day ceremony for 1st time
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will show off a new ballistic missile and other key weapons systems on the 76th founding anniversary of its armed forces this week, officials said Sunday, in an...
Hanwha Aerospace built South Korea‘s first overseas defense production facility.
H-ACE (Hanwha Armoured Vehicle Centre of Excellence) has been opened in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Here they‘ll produce AS21 IFV, AS9 SPG, AS10 ARV for the Australian Army and future customers in the...
Yes, back in the days they did the grand parades every 5 years, now the 2nd time shortly after.
The actual administration is cutting R&D budgets for defense projects (rumors of stopped KUS-X drone project). But PPP's voter base is in a downfall, Pres. Yoon‘s approval rate at lowest 20%, North...
JP233 was solely used against runways.
German Tornados had a more versatile version with different cluster munitions against diverse targets before the ban.
MW-1 (Mehrzweckwaffe 1, multipurpose weapon): pure 80s Cold War vibe! When Germany was serious about mass killing communists.
The Republic of Korea celebrates it’s 76th Armed Forces Day with a massive parade on Oct. 1, 2024 in the heart of Seoul City.
Hopefully this year without heavy rainfalls. For the grand air display of helicopters and fighter jets the Black Eagles rehearsed their T-50s over the heads of surprised...
Hm, we basically follow US military designation system for electronic equipment. But as usual with Korean inconsistency and mixing up. Sometimes me thinks the DAPA guys apply their high school English skills when reading US guidelines and understand only half of it, hahaha.
A = Piloted aircraft...
Do you mean these pics @Windchime? I‘ve found them somehow as screenshots from an older video and BEMIL pics via Korea Defense Blog.
It‘s only up to 2016. After that they reduced the sizes even more with higher peak output power.
@urban mine informed us already in this thread.
During radar development Koreans built the pre-prototype AESA antenna with power supply unit for hardware verification test at ELTA facilities, airborne and on ground in Israel 2018/2019.
For these tests they used a downsized AESA antenna...
The delay hinges on US gov approval of AMRAAM integration on FA-50 Block 2.
RTX/Raytheon, producer of PhantomStrike AESA radar (FA-50PL, FA-50MY) and AIM-120 is eager to get that approved.
LockheedMartin otherwise don‘t want a more capable competitor to their F-16V.
The outcome is uncertain...
They released ABM video only to show Kim Jong Un that we can shoot down his TBM and SRBM.
Once shortly after North Korean ICBM test they publicized a clip with Hyunmoo-V, the »Monster« missile with 8-9t deep bunker penetrating warhead. Showing the DPRK leadership we can blow up their asses …...
I remember well. Koreans never bothered to make a 105 mm tank gun turret for lighter hulls, they license-built M68 guns for K1 MBT before installing 120 mm cannons on K1A1/A2.
For exports Hanwha once put 105 mm Cockerill CT-CV 105HP turret on our K-21 IFV as a light/medium tank. The Belgians...
True, the Korean media news are based on local Middle Eastern reports like Defense Arabia. Afaik they‘re notoriously unreliable 😁
Can‘t make it to the homeland because of work; this year I‘ll miss the Armed Forces Day parade in Seoul again 😩
Fill your belly up with loads of Jeon and happy...
The Iraqi deal is not sealed yet, signing allegedly planned next week.
'Arabic triangle' seem to dig Cheongung/M-SAM air defense: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq.
S.Korea’s LIG Nex1, Iraq set for $2.6 billion deal on M-SAM missile system
Iraq is the third Middle Eastern country to import Korea’s Cheongung II system following the UAE and Saudi Arabia
By Hyeon-woo Oh
LIG Nex1's mid-range surface-to-air missile Cheongung II
Iraq has decided to import...
Cool pics in good resolution!
The production quality and finishing for a prototype bird is outstanding. They‘re already flying with drop tanks and IRIS-T air-to-air. Noticed the yellow test stickers on fuselage, pylon and missile under wing.
Fun fact: South Korea already developed & tested DIRCM in 2018. It successfully passed operational deployment tests in 2021 & installed in military helicopters and transport aircrafts.
KF-21EX variant (aka Block III) in mid-2030s will feature an improved DIRCM model besides IWB, RAM coating...
What‘s the use of this ridiculous comparison of 4.5 gen LO fighter jet KF-21 with 5th gen VLO fighter jet designs? Other than propaganda and bragging purposes?
Big sized 5th gen Kaan should be compared accordingly with F-22, J-20, SU-57.
Medium sized 5th gen F-35 compared with J-31, AMCA...
