Kim Jon Un‘s wife rocking ICBM jewelery, his daughter looks like her mom. The royal family with over-decorated military brass. Sad bunch of criminals …
Last night North Korea paraded 5 new solid-fuel ICBMs on TEL, sponsored by China disguised as „lumber transporter“.
North Korea rolls out most long-range nuclear missiles ever at military parade
Five new launch vehicles likely designed to carry solid-fuel ICBMs served as finale, state media...
What took it so long, President Yoon?!
Korea sending emergency personnel, medicine and aid to Turkey
A South Korean rescue team resolves to do its best at the National 119 Rescue Headquarters in Namyangju, 30 kilometers east of Seoul, on Feb. 7, 2023, before departing for quake-ravaged Turkey...
Sad and shocking news. Condolences to the Turkish and Syrian people. Best wishes for the rescue teams who risk their lives to save people from the rubbles. Hope, international help is coming in quick!
Geez, the Chinese 🤡 🤡 🤡 , should‘ve painted the balloon red and disguised it with a McDonald‘s-logo 🇨🇳
Interested, how the US will retaliate in PRC airspace. Good old Cold War times coming back!
For Türkiye’s Western embargo situation it would be best to localize as much parts as it can get for Hürjet.
For Korea it‘s not that urgent, T-50/FA-50 is an older design, too much costs to replace foreign parts when the blocked sales are few. Wouldn‘t make economic sense to waste money & HR on...
The US only blocked sales of T-50 to Uzbekistan so far. Lockheed gets share of revenues, they‘re interested in making money and will push export chances.
And UK refused approval for sales of light fighter FA-50 to Argentina (Martin-Baker ejection seat and other UK parts).
The other failed...
Meh, I‘m disappointed. Hopefully it was a close fight technically. The Leo 2A7NO is a great MBT and Norwegians play it safe: commonality with existing Leo training, maintenance and infrastructure, Sweden & Finland also operating Leos.
But the delivery date 2026 seems over-optimistic … expecting...
US neocon think tank analyst shooting a barrage against Germany and France. The typical American „Korea good boy, Krauts/Frenchies bad guys“ trope. Next time he‘ll bash ROK for any minor nuisance that goes against US interests ...
South Korea Could Sweep Up Europe’s Tank Market
Germany’s...
Korea-Poland express shipping of K9A1 SPH. 48 pieces in total after 6 months of contract signing. Good speed.
More K9A1 Howitzers on the Way to Poland
Armatohaubice samobieżne K9A1 w trakcie wysyłki do Polski. Photo. Hanwha
Hanwha company, the manufacturer of the 155-mm K9 thunder howitzers...
Not obsessed, I appreciate the compact size and lesser weight of MTU designed tank engines. It‘s a very good step that HHI acquired Doosan, an improvement in quality and capability will follow.
I’m curious, what does Japan secretly embargo towards Turkey? They opened up just recently for weapon exports, quite inept in doing so. No flexibility for customizations and totally unwilling for ToT. And very expensive as well.
But Japanese are fast learners and can adapt well. With high...
It would by nice to have a comparable Korean short-stroke tank engine to rival MTU. Hopefully the updated SNT gearbox is now reliable as recquired.
The next urgent task IMO is to field an indigenous replacement of German MT 881 Ka-500 and US Allison transmission to evade possible export...
His statement is quite not right. The net time span of KF-X development & design wasn’t 21 years in sum. It‘s comparable to the design & development time span of TFX, although MMU is a much more ambitious and riskier project.
„So what?“ Wanna start a fight or what‘s that flippant tone, he?!
I‘ve to disappoint you a little bit: Koreans also put restrictions on end users for their weapon systems (like everybody else, guess Turkey does the same). Poles would need Korean permission to sell/donate K2/K9/K239 to Ukraine.
But Koreans are in fact very „flexible“ and don‘t b*tch around...
Only preliminary plans were announced in 2001. They didn’t start KF-X development then. After years of discussion and delays the real phase started 2015 with KAI as selected manufacturer.
6 years from final design to first prototype in 2021. 1 year after first flight in 2022.
$ 7.9 billion est...
As far as I know, Trophy is only proven against Russian Metis and Kornet and not top-attack ATGMs like Javelin or Spike 🤷♂️
Although their systems are mostly top-notch, Israelis tend to exaggerate a lot in their marketing department.
Hm, some people here are going MAD. Nuclear strike capabilities against USA? Ankara ain‘t Pyongyang! Turkey being part of NATO and Western bloc anyone?
If wanted Türkiye needs a regional nuclear deterrence against adversaries like Russia, Iran and Israel. That‘s about it IMO.
