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[Jura The idiot]

Today at 7:18 AM

LOL nobody following this thread but anyway Nuclear-powered subs, JSTARS make South Korea’s wish list

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South Korea Renews Vow to Buy Stealth Fighters, Drones, Missile Systems

President Donald Trump came away from his South Korea visit Wednesday with a renewed commitment from President Moon Jae-in for major buys of U.S. weapons programs worth billions, including F-35s,

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drones and the

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ashore anti-missile system.

In a joint statement issued before Trump left for China, Moon underscored “his plan to substantially increase defense spending by 2022, which will help cover the Republic of Korea’s financial commitments made by past administrations to major United States origin programs.”

The weapons systems include

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, KF-16 fighter upgrades,

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ballistic missile upgrades,

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heavy attack helicopters, Global Hawk high-altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and the Aegis combat systems, the statement said.

Trump also “reaffirmed his support” for South Korea’s acquisition and development of the advanced military assets on its wish list, the statement said.

Moon has pledged to boost South Korea’s defense spending by seven percent annually through 2022 in response to the threat from North Korea. In August, South Korea’s Defense Ministry announced that the defense budget for 2018 would increase 6.9 percent to $38.2 billion.

Moon’s pledge built on a previous South Korean plan announced in 2015 to boost defense spending by a total of about $215 billion from 2016 to 2020.

Trump touted U.S. military equipment in his South Korea visit and in his previous stop in Japan on his 11-day Asian tour. In a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Trump stressed missile defense.

Abe responded that Japan already buys significant amounts of U.S. military equipment, but he agreed that Japan had to “enhance our defense capability” against the North Korean missile threat.

“Missile defense is something based on cooperation between Japan and the U.S.,” he said, adding “if it is necessary” to shoot down a missile, “of course we will do that.”

Trump said Abe will be able to down North Korean missiles “when he completes the purchase of a lot of military equipment from the United States. It’s a lot of jobs for us; it’s a lot of safety for Japan.”

“The prime minister is going to be purchasing massive amounts of military equipment, as he should,” Trump said. “And we make the best military equipment by far.”

Last summer, Japan’s Ministry of Defense pledged to buy Aegis Ashore, a land-based version of the ballistic missile defense system on

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ships.

source is DefenseTech

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[TerraN_EmpirE]

JSTARS make South Korea’s wish list

I think the ROKN still has a demand for a Maritime patrol aircraft program, Which includes and option for P8 Poseidon, the ROKAF also operate the Boeing 737 AEW variant and operate 737 VIP transports so it seems to me if they could get boeing to standardize on a 737 based fleet to ease logistics for such. As the Boeing has offered a P8 modification for the Airborne Ground Surveillance role set.

 

[Jura The idiot]

I think the ROKN still has a demand for a Maritime patrol aircraft program, Which includes and option for P8 Poseidon, the ROKAF also operate the Boeing 737 AEW variant and operate 737 VIP transports so it seems to me if they could get boeing to standardize on a 737 based fleet to ease logistics for such. As the Boeing has offered a P8 modification for the Airborne Ground Surveillance role set.

well U.S. Consindering Sale Of E-8C JSTARS Surveillance Aircraft To South Korea

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According to a South Korean newspaper, Washington might sell the E-8 aircraft to Seoul. Meanwhile, a JSTARS frequently operates south of the DMZ.
The E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System is a joint U.S. Air Force – Army program.

The JSTARS is an airborne battle management, command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform. It uses a multi-mode side looking radar to detect, track, and classify moving ground vehicles deep behind enemy lines. Its primary mission is to provide theater ground and air commanders with

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to support attack operations and targeting: through an antenna that can be tilted to either side of the aircraft to develop a 120-degree field of view, the JSTARS can cover nearly 19,305 square miles (50,000 square kilometers) and detect targets from a distance of 250 kilometers. Although the E-8C’s role is to build and update the picture of the battlefield, focusing on ground and moving targets, the the radar has also limited AEW-like capabilities: it can also detect helicopters, rotating antennas and low, slow-moving fixed wing aircraft even though these are partially hidden in the ground clutter. Surveillance data can be relayed in near-real time to the Army and Marine Corps common ground stations and to other ground command, control, communications, computers and intelligence, or C4I, nodes.

In other words, the E-8C, currently operated by the U.S. Air Force through the 116th ACW, is a key asset, that has not been exported outside the US. However, South Korea officially requested the JSTARS system during a Security Consultative Meeting with the United States late last month, The Dong-A Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper,

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on Nov. 3.

“South Korean defense officials, including Defense Minister Song Young-moo, cited the JSTARS as a top priority system with which to cope with North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. […] Washington responded by expressing it will to positively consider the request. In a joint statement after the security meeting, the two allies agreed to strengthen cooperation in the South Korean military’s acquisition of state-of-the-art U.S. weapons systems.

The JSTARS, which played key roles in the Gulf War and Iraq War, was deployed to South Korea in November 2010 for the first time to closely monitor the North Korean military’s movement immediately after the North’s artillery attack on South Korea’s frontline island of Yeonpyeong Island. It was also deployed to South Korea during last month’s joint naval exercise on the South Korean waters, along with a U.S. nuclear powered aircraft carrier battle group.”

Actually, a U.S. E-8C has been operating over South Korea, not far from the DMZ, for a few weeks. In fact, even though the presence of the JSTARS not far from

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is not a surprise, since the aircraft is probably constantly updating the position and monitoring the movement of the North Korean forces along the border and across the peninsula, it’s at least worth of note that an aircraft has frequently showed up on flight tracking websites since Oct. 21, more or less when Seoul voiced its interest in the asset.

Once again, the aircraft could be tracked online because of its Mode-S transponder.

As said, the presence of an E-8 (99-0006) in the skies over South Korea is pretty normal. We don’t know whether the aircraft had South Korean observers on board or was involved in a sort-of demo but what’s really unusual is the fact that such a “strategic surveillance aircraft” could be tracked online. However, as we have already reported several times, many millitary aircraft, including

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and

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remain visible on flight tracking websites regardless to whether they are involved in an

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or a ferry flight and years after we started highlighting the

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. So much so this author tends to believe those aircraft purposely broadcast their positions for everyone to see, to let everyone know it was there. A new way to wage Psychological Warfare and

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[Jura The idiot]

Yesterday at 7:18 AM

LOL nobody following this thread but anyway Nuclear-powered subs, JSTARS make South Korea’s wish list

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now found the subs related info:
Seoul may develop nuclear-powered submarine
Updated : 2017-11-10

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South Korea may develop its own nuclear-powered submarines or purchase then from the U.S. to better deal with North Korean submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) threats.

President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to begin consultations on South Korea's acquisition and development of cutting-edge weapons that would include nuclear-powered submarines and surveillance assets.

The two heads of state reached the agreement during their summit in Seoul, Tuesday.

After the summit, a Cheong Wa Dae official said on condition of anonymity, "We may purchase the weapons or co-develop them with the U.S. ," adding there were various details to review including technical aspects and international norms.

Military sources here said the most realistic measure would be to purchase two to three U.S. nuclear-powered submarines first amid the North's mounting SLBM threat, as the development and construction of such a submarine would take at least five years.

Pyongyang has been reportedly stepping up efforts to build newer, bigger submarines equipped with vertical missile launch tubes to fire SLBMs from underwater.

Sources said South Korean sailors would be able to learn skills and knowhow while operating the U.S. -made nuclear subs before the nation completes development and construction of its own subs.

"Generally speaking, six to nine nuclear-powered submarines would be necessary to properly operate in the East, South and West Seas," a source said, asking not to be named.

During his presidential campaign, President Moon vowed to develop home-grown nuclear-powered submarines, pledging to make efforts to gain support from the U.S. , which virtually controls the uranium enrichment and nuclear fuel reprocessing of South Korea.

Calls for developing the nuclear subs were ignited after the North successfully launched an SLBM in April last year. Another SLBM fired in August that year flew about 500 kilometers, indicating a significant improvement compared to previous tests.

Supporters for having nuclear subs say they are the only way to counter the North's SLBM threat, saying they could strike an enemy submarine before it launches a missile. A nuclear-powered sub can operate underwater indefinitely as long as other conditions such as food supplies are met, making it difficult for the enemy to detect.

The Republic of Korea Navy currently operates Type 209 attack submarines, propelled by diesel-electric transmissions, and the Type 214 that uses air-independent propulsion.

The Type 209 is capable of remaining underwater for only about two to three consecutive days as it needs to surface frequently to access air, while the Type 214, an improved version of the Type 209, is capable of continuing underwater operations for a maximum 13 to 14 days.

Skeptics, however, say Washington has never sold its nuclear subs to a foreign country as the relevant technologies are top secret.

Regarding the issue, Moon Sang-gyun, spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense, said, "The two allies will carry out consultations to give shape to the agreement between the heads of state of the two nations."

 

[Janiz]

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North Korea hacked Daewoo Shipbuilding, took warship blueprints: South Korea lawmaker

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea probably stole South Korean warship blueprints after hacking into Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd’s (042660.KS) database in April last year, a South Korean opposition lawmaker said on Tuesday.

North Korea has often been implicated in cyber attacks in South Korea and elsewhere but Pyongyang has either ignored or denied accusations of hacking.

“We are almost 100 percent certain that North Korean hackers were behind the hacking and stole the company’s sensitive documents,” Kyung Dae-soo of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party told Reuters by telephone.

Daewoo Shipbuilding has built several South Korean warships, including an Aegis-class vessel and submarines. It was most likely North Korea had obtained blueprints for these, he said.

The hacking was discovered by a division under South Korea’s Ministry of Defence in charge of investigating cases of cybercrime, said Kyung, who received a briefing on the investigation.

How sensitive and classified the seized documents were was not known as that was not disclosed by the investigative team, he added.

A spokeswoman for Daewoo Shipbuilding said she was unaware of the issue until early Tuesday and the company was in the process of confirming the details of Kyung’s remarks.

The investigative team came to the conclusion North Korea had hacked Daewoo Shipbuilding because the hacking method was very similar to other attacks that North Korea was thought to be behind, Kyung said.

Hackers in North Korea are believed to have been responsible for a recent cyber heist in Taiwan - the latest in a string of hacks targeting the global SWIFT messaging system.

Earlier this month, another South Korean lawmaker had said North Korean hackers had stolen a large number of classified military documents, including South Korea-U.S. wartime operational plans.

And British authorities said last week they believed North Korea was behind the “WannaCry” ransomware attack in May that disrupted businesses and government services worldwide, including the National Health Service in England.

 

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Seoul, South Korea (CNN)A North Korean soldier was shot by his former comrades while defecting to South Korea across the demilitarized zone, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement Monday.

The wounded soldier was evacuated from the site for emergency medical attention, the statement said, after defecting from a North Korean guard post at the Joint Security Area (JSA) on the heavily-guarded border between the two countries.
The soldier is reported to have left the North Korean guard post in front of Panmungak, on the border inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ), and proceeded to move towards Freedom House on the South Korean side.
It's the same border area that was visited by US Secretary of Defense James Mattis less than a month ago.

DMZ defections
privacy policy.
Monday's defection is the third by a member of the North Korean military this year, following two soldiers who fled to South Korea separately in June.
Prior to 2017, there had only been four military defectors from North Korea over the past five years: one in 2016, one in 2015 and two in 2012.
Robert Kelly, associate professor at the Department of Political Science at Pusan National University, said the prominent defection and the shooting was "genuinely surprising."
"It's fairly unusual, I can't think of the last time (a defector was shot at) ... it certainly adds to the tensions," he said.
The defector is currently in South Korean military custody, according to the statement.
"Our military has raised the alert level in anticipation of North Korean provocation. The military is maintaining a full readiness," the Joint Chiefs of Staff statement said.
The North Korean military has more than 1.2 million active soldiers and a further 7.7 million in reserves. It is one of the largest ground forces in the world.
US man arrested
In a bizarre twist, Monday's successful defection from North Korea came as an American man was arrested in South Korea apparently attempting to go in the other direction.
According to South Korea's Ministry of Defense, a 58-year-old man from Louisiana entered a controlled area in Yeoncheon County, on the border with North Korea, early Monday morning.
The man was reported to police by local residents and arrested. Officials said the country's intelligence services, police and military were investigating the case.
South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) confirmed a US citizen had attempted to enter North Korea via the DMZ, but would not give any further information.
CNN's Jake Kwon and James Griffiths contributed reporting.

 

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KFX-IFX fighter

 

[PiSigma]

KFX-IFX fighter
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What's the point of the stealthy shaping if they are going to have drop tanks and carry missiles under the wing?

 

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What's the point of the stealthy shaping if they are going to have drop tanks and carry missiles under the wing?

Low observable not stealth for have it you need a fighter more big with internal weapons bay etc... it's more expensive.

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

Even with external weapons a stealthy airframe is still harder to spot at longer ranges. F22 And F35 both have external drop tanks and provisions for external weapons for some missions. The KFX version seen supposedly had some internal bay options, likely limited like the F35 to a couple air to air missiles for self defense.