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TerraN_EmpirE

Tyrant King
Iy may be "nice break", but I dislike them in general. Using any identifiable aircraft in such artistical impression is not a good idea. It is provocative one way or another, doesn't matter who. Why can't the poster just show one's fancy toy without poking anybody else?
Let me put it this way Taxiya, Are there any Rafale users in that part of Asia?
There are two potential users down the line, the Indians and Malaysia but what are the chances of them getting into a fight with South Korea?
Also on the "provocative" I have seen plenty of Russian Videos use American and European systems as there Opfor in such promos, Even Chinese videos have shown Raptors.
And if you do decide to avoid existing systems... then what do you use? Macross?
 

taxiya

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Let me put it this way Taxiya, Are there any Rafale users in that part of Asia?
There are two potential users down the line, the Indians and Malaysia but what are the chances of them getting into a fight with South Korea?
Also on the "provocative" I have seen plenty of Russian Videos use American and European systems as there Opfor in such promos, Even Chinese videos have shown Raptors.
And if you do decide to avoid existing systems... then what do you use? Macross?
I choose no one. It is just a rendition, a poster, an advertisement by manufacturers after all. Making a weapon does not have to have such posters. Again, I am generally against such practice, doesn't matter if it is done by American, Russian or Chinese. I don't know whether US or Russian military's official promotions practice (using each others unit, or weapons as enemy), but so far, I haven't seen PLA do that.

Anyway, just personal choice and not related to the actual KF-X. My original post was more of a joke.
 
Jun 30, 2018
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South Korea unveils first images of KF-X design with European missiles
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somehow related (LOL) is
South Korea plans to locally develop missile for homemade future jet

2 hours ago
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South Korea’s state-funded arms development agency plans to develop an indigenous, air-launched, long-range cruise missile
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aircraft under development, according to defense officials.

The Agency for Defense Development, or ADD, under the wing of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, is scheduled to pick a local partner company no later than September for exploratory development of the missile, modeled after the Taurus KEPD 350, manufactured by the German-Swedish firm Taurus Systems.

“As part of offset deals to buy Taurus missiles for the past years, South Korea received some part of the Taurus KEPD 350 technologies,” an ADD official said, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the missile program.

“Based on the transferred Taurus technology, we’ll develop our own air-to-ground, long-range missile to be integrated into the KF-X fighter jet, which is expected to be operational by 2026.”

At least 120 KF-X jets are to be produced after 2026 to replace the aging fleet of F-4s and F-5s. At least 50 units are to be manufactured in Indonesia, the sole KF-X partner obliged to burden 20 percent of the development costs for the 4.5-generation KF-X jet.

Hanwha Corporation and LIG Nex1 are competing for the air-to-air missile project worth some $730 million. Both companies have unveiled the concept designs of their 3,000-pound Taurus-class missile with a range of 400 kilometers.

“We have long and successful track records of developing indigenous cruise missiles with guidance systems, including ship-launched Haeseong-series cruise missiles,” an LIG Nex1 official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “We’ve accumulated enough know-how and technology to develop an air-launched cruise missile.”

Hanwha, which has merged multiple defense companies to become South Korea’s largest defense manufacturer, showed confident about the missile competition.

“It’s true we’re the second mover in the guided-missile field, but we’ve made substantial progress in developing precision-striking missiles with the concentration of budgets and human resources,” a Hanwha public affairs official said.

Ahn Seung-beom, military analyst and publisher of The Defense Times in South Korea, said the air-launched missile project marks South Korea’s first-ever effort of its kind.

“This is the first meaningful step forward developing South Korea’s own air-launched missiles, which were largely imported from U.S. and European nations,” Ahn said. “Beginning this air-to-ground missile development program, more air-launched missile projects are to begin.”

He referred to efforts to modify the Shingung short-range, surface-to-air missile into an air-to-air missile modeled after Raytheon’s AIM-9X, and plans to develop the ship-to-air Haegung missile into a long-range, air-to-ground one as potential projects to be materialized. Both Shingung and Haegung missiles were co-developed by ADD and LIG Nex1.

On June 29, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration unveiled the preliminary design of the KF-X. The design, code-named C-109, revealed the KF-X would be armed with European air-to-air missile systems.

In the disclosed photos of the KF-X design, four Meteor long-range, air-to-air missiles developed by MBDA are shown to be nestled under the fuselage, while two IRIS-T short-range, guided, air-to-air missiles are mounted on respective wingtip launchers.

The arms procurement agency originally preferred fitting the KF-X aircraft with U.S. weapons systems, such as Raytheon-built AIM-120 and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, but the U.S. government has yet to approve the export license of the missiles.
 

TerraN_EmpirE

Tyrant King
The K11 like the XM29 has been somewhat troubled. It's what Jura would call a "Game Changer" one of three weapons of this type that have been long in R&D short in actual fielding. The concept was to field for infantry units a 2 in one weapon. A carbine firing standard infantry rounds like the 5.56x45mm and a repater grenade launcher offering rapid follow up shooting, of a flat shooting projectile with air burst capacity. For the XM29 that was semiauto K11 moved to a bolt action magazine fed bolt action the Chinese QTS11 dropped the magazine.
K11 Was one of two programs mirroring US Objective weapons the other the XK13 mirrored the canceled US XM307 As 25mm crew served airburst grenade launchers.

The XM29 Was canceled and broken into two constitute programs the XM8 and XM25. Both have since been canceled with the latter being finally killed in the books this year.
K11 has remained in development sycles with limited field trials. Last year they showed off a redesigned version.
 
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Navy mulls possibility of operating F-35B aboard new amphibious assault ship

2018/08/17
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South Korea's Navy has put up a public notice of tender for a research project to explore the possibility of operating F-35B stealth aircraft aboard its amphibious landing ship, officials said Friday.

Last Friday, the Navy initiated the tender through an electronic defense procurement system of the state-run Defense Acquisition Program Administration, citing moves by neighboring countries to consider running F-38Bs aboard their warships.

The project seeks to study the possible remodeling of the country's 14,000-ton Dokdo-class vessel to host the F-35B fighter, a short takeoff and vertical landing variant of the U.S.-made fifth-generation warplane. The research is set to end by Dec. 15.

Observers speculated that the Navy might seek to run the F-35B on the Marado warship that is currently under construction and slated to be deployed in 2020.

The existing Dokdo ship is seen as capable of operating only transport helicopters because its deck is not made of materials that can withstand high temperatures caused by fighter jet operations.

In 2014, Seoul decided to purchase 40 F-35A fighters for deployment from 2018 through 2021 at a cost of 7.3 trillion won (US$6.4 billion). The F-35A is the fighter's air force variant, while the F-35B and F-35C are for marines and aircraft carrier-based operations, respectively.

There has been speculation that Seoul may consider introducing several F-35Bs as it may have to purchase additional warplanes due to a shortage of warplanes that could occur in the coming years with the decommissioning of F-4s and F-5s.

Japanese media have reported that Tokyo's Maritime Self-Defense Force is considering purchasing F-35Bs for its large escort ships.
will repost in F-35 Thread, they'll like it there
 
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