Comments on: More on ROKAF’s next-generation fighter program

By: railwaycharm

railwaycharm — Sun, 28 May 2006 03:24:28 +0000

Has the ROK been successful in marketing it’s fighter abroad? I thought Indonesia and UAE were shopping.

By: Jing

Jing — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:49:34 +0000

I am skeptical of the time frame of the KFX, not because of technical issues, but rather cost. The T-50 trainer program has already taken a large bite of the budget and there just doesn’t appear to be enough funding for the Air Force for the KFX program to realistically get anywhere. The ROKAF needs to either curtail or altogether terminate any possible purchases of the T-50 in order to leave enough funding for future projects.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:28:10 +0000

Forget about North Korea…this press leak is just a hedge against the Japanese and also to add credibility to the dream of every hanchongnyun that Yankee will someday go home.

By: Sperwer

Sperwer — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:45:08 +0000

“Korea would have to do lots of basic research to do this”

“Korea” — “basic research”

does not compute!

oxymoron alert!!

By: Wedge

Wedge — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:52:44 +0000

So, they’re going to develop an F-35-like aircraft on their own? Riiiiiiiiight… They’ll talk a lot about this as being indigenous but when 2014 (taking into account the usual program delays) rolls around they’ll be buying F-35s to be built under license and once again Lockheed engineers and techs will support a healthy chain of juicy bars on the southern coast from Pusan to Chinju. Score one for the Kyongsangnam-do juicy girls of the next decade.

On the F-15K-level aircraft, they will try to make it seem like it’s a competition in a vain attempt to keep Boeing’s price in line but if Eurofighter and Dassault take it seriously they’d be stupider than I thought.

By: The Asianist

The Asianist — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:47:29 +0000

Since trackback is not working for some reason, here is my link, which refers to this page.

By: changehappens

changehappens — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:32:13 +0000

There must be a mistake somewhere with this article. By definition a “stealth fighter” can not be somewhere between a non stealth F16 and a non stealth F15K. A stealth fighter with avionics and engines from the 2007-2018 era would be vastly superior to a F16 or F15K. Also it will be vastly more expensive. Highly unlikely the US will share its knowledge on stealth. Since the Euro’s haven’t mastered stealth, they aren’t going to be sharing what they don’t know. Korea would have to do lots of basic research to do this, maybe that is why the price tag is so high.