Pretty sure that Greece will purchase KF-41 Lynx IFV. They‘re already welding Leopard 2 hulls for KMW and planning to build Lynx with Rheinmetall at home. Greeks are also financially firmly in Germany‘s pocket...
Homar-K test fired in Korea:
„At the training ground in South Korea 🇰🇷 the first shootings from the Homar-K #Chunmoo system took place. Polish 🇵🇱 artillerymen training in 🇰🇷 took part in the shooting.“
ROKMC live fire of 239 mm rocket during „Talisman Sabre“ exercise in Australia:
K239...
All good, man, ☮️🕊️! A certain level of technological cooperation between both countries just by adapting existing Korean and integrating Polish systems like Topaz BMS is already ongoing.
Thinking about language barriers, cultural differences and working on a joint weapon system development...
Wooow, my apologies if my post was unintentionally negative. I‘m well aware of Polish defense industry capabilities but was only stating my opinion, that Korea‘s MIC doesn‘t need joint development with Poland for weapon technology projects to reach their defense or commercial goals.
Never said...
The reluctance ain‘t political it‘s commercial. Hanwha or South Korea doesn‘t need any technological input from Poland for advanced rocket and missile development. Why bother getting foreign companies, i.e. potential competitors involved?
Poland can get ToT of existing arms in mass production...
Hanwha Aerospace Polish „Homar-K“ (newest K239 launcher system on Jelcz vehicle) send-off ceremony video with EN subtitles:
The 300 mm development is so far a purely domestic Korean project, don‘t think that DAPA and ADD want any foreign involvement. Hanwha on the other side as the main...
The KUS-FS project is full of mishaps, technical problems and half-assed engagement of ROKA. The Cold War-style army oriented military leadership hasn‘t arrived at the age of drone warfare. Exact payload, weapons and sensor specs (Hanwha, LIG Nex1) etc. are not disclosed and top secret. Maybe...
True, loans and long term credits provided by exim banks of the weapon exporting country is standard international practice. So as a top arms exporter you need a sound financial backbone and a healthy national economy to back up the defense sector.
There were obviously also other deciding...
You both could be right. It looked circular to me without zooming in.
If the beige canister is the same in the clip than it would have been a Cenk missile test!
Why did they use a Russian/Chinese-style circular canister like S-400 SAM or DF-31 ICBM? Hmm, looks very sus.
They usually fire ballistic missiles from NATO-style rectangular canisters for Bora/Khan and Tayfun. A sounding rocket launched from a „round container“ is unusual at best. 🧐
It always boils down to tech transfer, local production share and loan financed procurement. MOUs are often worthless pieces of paper.
Poland took out a $9 billion loan in Korea for the first batch of arms deals of K2, K9 and K239 in 2022.
Now they‘re requesting further $15.6 billion in loans...
Since the introduction of guided artillery rockets/missiles it‘s all about long-range and precision.
Cheap multiple rocket launchers like 122 mm Soviet „Grad“ or Korean 130/131 mm Kooryong exist in vast numbers.
Modern MLRS like M270, HIMARS, Israeli PULS and Chunmoo can basically fire cheap...
This post is better suited for the ROK Army Artillery thread IMO: https://defencehub.live/threads/artillery-programs.757/page-2
It‘s all about ballistic missiles here (although KTSSM is tactically ballistic) 😉
The magic power of US Steel and US naval shipbuilding quality of the 70s when America had a giant industrial manufacturing base.
The AShMs used by Indonesian navy had rather „light-weight“ explosives to be fair.
- Exocet MM40 Block 3: 160 kg warhead
- C-802: 190 kg warhead
- C-705: 110 kg...
The T-2000 turret was co-developed by Israeli Elbit and Australian EOS, which will be produced domestically in Down Under.
Aussie military acquisition deals contain procurement AND life-cycle costs (30+ years of operation, spare parts, maintenance, facilities, training included). So the unit...
The coping of diverse tank fanboy groups are too funny.
🇩🇪 antis: „No way ssis Korean scrap metal is better than Rheinmetall. Our KF-41 Lynx has sse best engineering. Redback is dirt cheap and a pure political decision. Damn you Aussies, cancel the Boxer made in Australia deal!“
🇵🇱 antis...
+++ BREAKING NEWS +++
ROK wins multi-billion $ deal with Hanwha Redback over Rheinmetall Lynx in Australia‘s Land 400 Phase 3 tender for a reduced no. of 129 IFVs.
Australia chooses Korean infantry fighting vehicle – reports
26 July 2023 22:06
By Peter Roberts
The federal government has done...
