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Today at 10:40 AM inside
now noticed US Army, South Korea respond to North's latest missile test
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"The exercise took place Wednesday local time, just one day after the North Korean missile test. It utilized the Army Tactical Missile System and the ROK army’s Hyunmoo Missile II. The exercise fired missiles into South Korean waters along the East Coast."

and now I watched VIDEO: U.S., South Korea Fire Missiles in Show of Force Following North Korea ICBM Test
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Yesterday at 5:19 PM
Today at 10:40 AM inside:
"The exercise took place Wednesday local time, just one day after the North Korean missile test. It utilized the Army Tactical Missile System and the ROK army’s Hyunmoo Missile II. The exercise fired missiles into South Korean waters along the East Coast."

and now I watched VIDEO: U.S., South Korea Fire Missiles in Show of Force Following North Korea ICBM Test
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South Korea fires missiles in drills following North's ICBM launch
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South Korean jets and Navy ships fired a barrage of guided missiles into the ocean during drills Thursday, a display of military power two days after North Korea test-launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile.

The North's ICBM launch, its most successful missile test to date, has stoked security worries in Washington, Seoul and Tokyo as it showed the country could eventually perfect a reliable nuclear missile capable of reaching anywhere in the United States. Analysts say the missile tested Tuesday could reach Alaska if launched at a normal trajectory.

The live-fire drills off South Korea's east coast were previously scheduled. In a show of force, South Korea and the United States also staged "deep strike" precision missile firing drills on Wednesday as a warning to the North.

Thursday's drills were aimed at boosting readiness against possible maritime North Korean aggression. They involved 15 warships including a 3,200-ton-class destroyer, as well as helicopters and fighter jets, South Korea's Navy said in a statement.

"Our military is maintaining the highest-level of readiness to make a swift response even if a war breaks out today," said Rear Adm. Kwon Jeong Seob, who directed the drills, according to the statement.

After the ICBM launch, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he would never put his weapons programs up for negotiation unless the United States abandoned its hostile policy toward the North. Kim's statement suggested he will order more missile and nuclear tests until his country develops a functioning ICBM that can place the entire U.S. within its striking distance.

In a U.N. Security Council session Wednesday, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said the launch "is a clear and sharp military escalation" and the United States is prepared to use its "considerable military forces" to defend itself and its allies "if we must." She said the U.S. administration prefers "not to go in that direction," but to use its "great capabilities in the area of trade" to address "those who threaten us and ... those who supply the threats."

Speaking in Berlin before the Group of 20 summit, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Wednesday that the world should look at tougher sanctions against the North and insisted the problem must be solved peacefully.

The missile launch was a direct rebuke to U.S. President Donald Trump's earlier declaration on Twitter that such a test "won't happen" and to Moon, who was pushing to improve strained ties with the North.

The U.N. Security Council could impose additional sanctions on North Korea, but it's unclear if they would stop it from pursuing its nuclear and missile programs since the country is already under multiple rounds of U.N. sanctions for its previous weapon tests.
 
now noticed Exclusive: U.S. plans to test THAAD missile defenses as North Korea tensions mount
The United States plans to carry out a new test of its THAAD missile defense system against an intermediate-range ballistic missile in the coming days, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, as tensions with North Korea climb.

Despite being planned months ago, the U.S. missile defense test will gain significance in the wake of North Korea's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on July 4 that has heightened concerns about the threat from Pyongyang.

The test will be the first of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) to defend against a simulated attack by an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), one of the officials said. The THAAD interceptors will be fired from Alaska.

The United States has THAAD interceptors in Guam that are meant to help guard against a missile attack from a country such as North Korea.

The officials who disclosed to Reuters the precise nature and timing of the upcoming test spoke on condition of anonymity.

Asked by Reuters, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) confirmed that it aimed to carry out a THAAD flight test "in early July."

Chris Johnson, an MDA spokesman, said the THAAD weapon system at the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, would "detect, track and engage a target with a THAAD interceptor."

"The test is designated as Flight Test THAAD (FTT)-18," Johnson said. He did not elaborate.

Still, in recent testimony to Congress, Vice Admiral James Syring, then the director of the Missile Defense Agency, said FTT-18 would aim to demonstrate THAAD's ability to intercept a separating IRBM target.

MDA said THAAD had a 100 percent successful track record in its 13 flight tests since 2006. After previous tests, the U.S. military has publicly disclosed the results.

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THAAD is a ground-based missile defense system designed to shoot down short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles.

Lockheed Martin Corp, the prime contractor for the THAAD system, said it has the ability to intercept incoming missiles both inside and outside the Earth's atmosphere.

This year's U.S. deployment of THAAD in South Korea to guard against North Korea's shorter-range missiles has also drawn fierce criticism from China, which says the system's powerful radar can probe deep into its territory.

Earlier this month Moscow and Beijing, in a joint statement, called on Washington to immediately halt deployment of THAAD in South Korea.

The statement said Washington was using North Korea as a pretext to expand its military infrastructure in Asia and risked upsetting the strategic balance of power in the region.

THAAD's success rate in testing is far higher than the one for America's Ground-based Midcourse Defense system (GMD), the system specifically designed to shoot down an ICBM headed for the U.S. mainland.

That GMD system has only a 55 percent success rate over the life of the program. But advocates note that the technology has improved dramatically in recent years.

In a key development, the GMD system successfully shot down an incoming, simulated North Korean ICBM in a test in May.

That led the Pentagon to upgrade its assessment of America's ability to defend against a small number of ICBMs, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.

MDA told Congress in June that it plans to deliver 52 more THAAD interceptors to the U.S. Army between October 2017 and September 2018, for a total of 210 since May 2011.

In a sign of U.S. congressional concern about missile defense, several lawmakers filed amendments to a sweeping defense policy bill on Friday that addressed North Korea. Republican Representative Don Young, whose home state Alaska is seen as especially vulnerable to the North Korea threat, asked for more ground-based interceptors for his state, and a study of potential additional sites on the East Coast or Midwest.

Democratic Representatives John Conyers and Sheila Jackson Lee, along with Republican Walter Jones, filed an amendment to the annual National Defense Authorization Act saying that nothing in the bill should be construed as authorizing the use of force against North Korea.

The full House of Representatives is due to consider the bill, and its amendments, next week.
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DSME Delivers Sixth Type 214 – KSS-2 Diesel Electric Submarine to ROK Navy

South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced today that shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) delivered the sixth KSS-2 (Type 214 Jang Bogo-II class) diesel-electric submarine (SSK) to the Republic of Korea Navy’s (ROK Navy). The submarine is nammed "Yu Gwan-sun", a patriotic martyr who fought for Korean independence.

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DSME Delivers Sixth Type 214 – KSS-2 Diesel Electric Submarine to ROK Navy

South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced today that shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) delivered the sixth KSS-2 (Type 214 Jang Bogo-II class) diesel-electric submarine (SSK) to the Republic of Korea Navy’s (ROK Navy). The submarine is nammed "Yu Gwan-sun", a patriotic martyr who fought for Korean independence.

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Yu Gwan-sun
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it's cucumber season so today in a major Czech server where I check my email there's the article
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Watchdog says Surion helicopters lack stability; requests probe into arms procurement chief
2017/07/16
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South Korea's state audit agency said Sunday that the country's transport utility helicopters have various defects including flight stability and requested that the prosecution probe the arms procurement chief on charges of breach of trust.

The Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) said that South Korea-born Surion helicopters are not airworthy as they lack lightning protection and anti-icing capability, while failing to receive proper engine certification. It even reported that the homegrown chopper, also called the KUH-1, has a water leakage problem.

The BAI said it requested a prosecution probe into Chang Myoung-jin, chief of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), and other two officials for breach of trust. Chang determined in December 2016 that the Surions were ready to operate even though they failed to meet airworthiness qualifications.

The BAI said it gave a "warning" to Chang and asked the other two officials, including the head of the Korean Helicopter Program (KHP), to be demoted.

The audit agency also ordered Chang to halt delivery of the Surions until their problems are fixed and the DAPA to file damage claims against Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Ltd. It also asked the South Korean army's chief of staff to consult with Chang to come up with safety management measures on the Surions.

South Korea invested 1.29 trillion won from June 2006 for KAI, the country's sole aircraft manufacturer, to develop the Surion and the project was completed in July 2012 after it was approved for combat-use. Since then, South Korean military has been using 60 Surions in the field.

However, various accidents took place after the chopper went into operation. In January and February 2015, two Surion helicopters made an emergency landing following an engine failure, while another Surion chopper crash landed due to same problem.

The BAI said the 2015 incidents are related to Surion's lack of anti-icing capability and the officials negligence to fix the problem.

From October 2015 to March 2016, the DAPA conducted a set of tests in Michigan regarding the Surion's operation in humid and freezing conditions, but the chopper failed to meet 29 of 101 standards. The DAPA in August 2016 decided not to deliver the Surion to the South Korean army, but after the KAI announced in October that it will fix the problem until June 2018, the arms procurement agency decided to resume delivery of the helicopter even though no measures were taken to correct the icing defect.

The BAI also ordered the South Korean army's chief of staff to request compensation from KAI and the Surion's enginemaker Hanwha Techwin Co. for the chopper's crash in 2015 and get a free engine replacement from the two companies.

State prosecutors on Friday, meanwhile raided the offices of KAI on allegations of corruption in a set of major defense projects.

I checked at the vendor website, of course says it's "the world best helicopter":
KUH-SURION
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'fantastic success'
 
Yesterday at 8:06 AM
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Watchdog says Surion helicopters lack stability; requests probe into arms procurement chief
2017/07/16
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I checked at the vendor website, of course says it's "the world best helicopter":
KUH-SURION
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'fantastic success'
maybe it's not just cucumber season:
KAI reels under prosecution raids
18 July, 2017
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Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is reeling following raids by state prosecutors of its offices and those of key suppliers.

Media reports from South Korea, including from official news agency Yonhap say that KAI's offices in Seoul and Sacheon have been raided amid allegations of corruption and profiteering from various military aerospace projects.

In addition, a series of suppliers to the South Korean airframer have also been raided.

KAI did not reply to repeated requests for comments. A source, however, confirms that the raids occurred.

South Korean media indicates that prosecutors from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office had obtained a warrant from a Seoul court.

During the raids prosecutors reportedly seized files, computers, and mobile phones. Company chief executive Ha Sung-yong has reportedly been suspended from overseas travel pending questioning.

KAI is involved in several high profile military aircraft programmes including the KUH-1 Surion helicopter, and the T-50 – which forms the basis of Lockheed's bid for the coveted T-X trainer programme in the United States. It is also the prime contractor for South Korea's ambitious KFX fighter programme.

In addition, KAI has a substantial aerostructures business, with work on virtually all Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft programmes. It also has workshare on several other aircraft programmes from various manufacturers.
 
Jul 18, 2017
Yesterday at 8:06 AM

maybe it's not just cucumber season:
KAI reels under prosecution raids
18 July, 2017
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and KAI's woes continue as prosecutors probe deeper
26 July, 2017
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South Korean prosecutors have again raided Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) on corruption allegations.

A company official confirms the raids took place at the company's Seoul and Sacheon offices on 25 July, but was unable to provide further details.

This follows similar raids two weeks ago, which prompted the resignation of company chief executive Ha Sung-yong.

South Korea's official news agency, Yonhap, indicates that the focus of the most recent raids was KAI's development division. The allegations reportedly revolve around profiteering related to the KUH-1 Surion utility helicopter programme, which amounts to some W24 billion ($21.4 million).

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office reportedly alleges that KAI officials even conspired with suppliers, both by offering business favours and accepting bribes.

A Korea Times report adds that Ha and former Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) chief executive Chang Myoung-jin are being investigated in relation to two other major programmes: South Kroea's F-X III programme for new fighters and the development KFX fighter.

The F-X III programme saw the Lockheed Martin F-35A defeat the Boeing F-15 Silent Eagle and Eurofighter Typhoon in 2013 after a high profile battle for the order. The deal, originally for 60 aircraft, was reduced to 40 jets.

KAI is the prime contractor for the KFX, but the programme hit a roadblock in its early days when it emerged that the US was unwilling to provide export licences for four core fighter technologies: active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars, infrared search and track (IRST), electro-optical target tracking devices, and jammers.

This created a furore in South Korean media, as these technologies were supposedly to have been derived through offsets related to Seoul's F-35A acquisition.

Both Ha and Chang were appointed by South Korea's former president Park Geun-hye, who left office in March amid a broader corruption scandal that rocked South Korea.

According to KAI's investor presentation for 2016, the government holds about 35% of KAI indirectly through the Korea Development Bank, Korea Exim Bank, and the National Pension Service. Individual and institutional shareholders own 57.4%, Hanhwa Techwin 6%, and company employees 1.6%.
 
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