Karaok and Javelin are different in wing design, warhead weight, seeker, rocket fuel and propulsion, flight paths and attack angles. They‘re not 1:1 clones. No reasons to question the specs of the producer Roketsan of 2,5 km.
FGM-148 was introduced 1996 with 2 km range, later enhanced to 2,5...
L-SAM and U.S. troops to appear at large-scale military parade on Sept. 26
Korean Air Force's Black Eagles aerobatic team flies over Seoul on Aug. 31 during practices for the military ceremony of Armed Forces Day on Sept. 26. [YONHAP]
South Korea's Long-range Surface-to-Air Missile (L-SAM)...
Are you tired … 🇰🇵
- of North Korean military parades every week?
- of fat Kim Jong Un clapping on the balcony?
- of skinny soldiers marching like robots?
- of Soviet-style goose steps?
- of ass old military equipment from the 60s?
Are you interested … 🇰🇷
- in a South Korean military parade?
-...
License production costs aren't separated from procurement costs. Defense companies only give you a chance of license production if you buy a guaranteed amount of the product. There are no strictly separated costs for a number of planes/ships/tanks and the license costs.
It's often negotiated...
I dunno much about Indonesian shipbuilding and license deals with European companies. Producing a steel hull in your domestic shipyard isn't a high cost factor or high technology: main driving costs are sophisticated radars, sensors, CIW, CMS, missiles and armament that Indonesia doesn't...
They would have had to pay more than $3 billion for ToT and license production. Building a domestic aerospace tech sector in Poland would have driven the costs further higher. It's not only KAI's sole decision but also Lockheed Martin with IP rights for aerospace technologies.
For now Poland...
There's also a pattern at KAI: no license production for small orders.
Small order gives a good chance of simply assembling delivered parts.
Poland ordered 48 FA-50 for $3 billion and didn't get license production rights.
I don't understand your "logic". If Indonesia doesn't buy minimum 36 or more T-50/FA-50, there won't be any chance of local production. And no chance of license production if Indonesia doesn't pay billions of dollars.
And that doesn't make any sense. Without a high number of procured planes to whom would you like to sell these license produced fighter jets? You can't export T-50/FA-50 on your own, KAI and LM won't sell export rights to anyone.
Investing couple of millions of $ for facilities and training...
This is not how the world works. You have to pay for license production rights millions to billions of $. Nobody gives ToT for free, not in defense or any other industry. KAI is a company not a charity.
Nonsense journalist conclusion, how would UAE involvement speed up the project? Every technical testing and evaluation is going as planned. Koreans are doing it alone technically and financially already - out of sheer necessity. Any new player meddling in the development process disrupts ongoing...
Are there any plans for a big T-/FA-50 procurement? If not, why would KAI give license production rights to PTDI?
KAI is setting up 2 more highly-automated production lines for T-50/FA-50 and will double the annual production capacity from 36 to 72 fighter jets per year. Even Poland with a 48...
Much needed decoupling from mainland China. Korean smartphones and cars have lost their once big market shares in China to domestic competition (Xiaomi, Oppo, Honor and BYD, SAIC, FAW). Apple and Tesla producing in China and selling their hit-products like hot cakes doesn't help either.
India...
M-SAM (Cheongung Block I missile) are roughly based on technology transfer of 9M96E design by Russian Fakel bureau. The Korean missile by LIG Nex1 is quite different to the original version.
- different sizes
- different interception methods / warheads
- differen fuze control of Korean missile...
This is the new version of the K239 launch container with 2x missile pod CTM290 (Chunmoo Tactical Missile, export model of KTSSM-II):
Diameter 600 mm,
Length ~ 4 m,
Weight ~1.5 t
Only measure of whole K239 launcher system disclosed (data sheet from 2014):
Dimension : about 9 m length x 3 m...
Latest promo-clip of Hanwha for Homar-K:
„HOMAR-K 🇵🇱, debuted at #MSPO2023 after successful integration and mobility and firepower tests in South Korea 🇰🇷
The latest video about HOMAR-K on the Linkedin platform“
Now on Youtube as well:
Big fan of the Jelcz 8x8 truck and the Polish truck...
You guys have a nice set up of MBT with M1A1 Abrams and Merkavas. The Israeli Elbit turret with Spike LR (or Aussie EOS derivate) and Iron Fist APS on Redback wouldn’t be a problem. And not much strings attached in contrast of going with the Germans or Swedes/Brits.
Latest K9 deal with Egypt...
Romania plans to procure new IFV with a unit price of ~$11.1 mil (€10.3 mil) in the 1st batch.
Estimated unit costs:
Lynx ~$9.9 mil (€9.17 mil in Hungary deal)
CV90 ~$12 mil (€11.1 mil in Slovakia deal)
Redback will be in a similar ballpark but slightly below...
Nah, that‘s the unit price for Australia. They total up procurement AND lifecycle & operation costs of 30 years in the contract.
A regular Redback built in Korea or in the Aussie Hanwha plant would cost less than any Lynx or CV90.
