52 F-35 cost 10.5 billion USD (approx). I don’t know why the Koreans can get 8 a/c more and pay just 0.3 billion more, they are not even partners!

This is a make or break moment for the F-35; if they lose the Korean contest, then all the partner nations will start bailing out and look at the Silent Hornet instead.

With the advent of 5th Generation Stealth Fighters. Will AWACS Type Aircraft be able to survive???

To the contrary, air forces need the AESA AWACS more than ever, since the 5th gen stealth doesn’t work against L-band AWACS radar too well.

as well as a number of other weapons, including non-chinese weapons. Already integrated weapons include for instance the CM-400 AKG

CM-400 AKG is an export model YJ-12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YJ-12#CM-400AKG

SDBs

I don’t see JF-17 mentioned in Boeing SDB, nor is it even likely considering this is a US weapon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-39_Small_Diameter_Bomb#Aircraft_integration_and_testing

Aircraft integration and testing

The SDB is currently integrated on the F-15E Strike Eagle. Future integration is planned for the F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II, A-10 Thunderbolt II, B-1 Lancer, B-2 Spirit, and the B-52 Stratofortress. Other aircraft, including UCAVs, may also receive the necessary upgrades.

AGMs…

Which one?

Anyhow, this is a pretty disturbing news; either Su-30MKK are terrible or Chinese pilots are sucky. I would guess it’s the latter.

During air combat manoeuvres with the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, for example, PAF JF-17s were pitched against Chinese Su-27s in a number of scenarios and reportedly achieved favourable results.

More like the ROK is testing its radars by using the F-22 and the B-2 as benchmarks and collecting data.

since russians and south koreans are already carving up their “chunks” of DPRK

There is no carving up. That’s J-31 Burrito’s pure imagination.

question is what “chunks” would the chinese carve out for themselves?

It’s actually the other way around. The ROK claims Eastern Manchuria which was a Korean territory until 1909 and wants it back at the first available opportunity, which would make the biggest territorial dispute in the modern history. China fears this territorial dispute heating up once the ROK moves its border to Yalu-Tumen rivers and this is why China’s supporting Kim’s regime as buffer.

and does this debate show the future reality for DPRK?

The future reality is that it will be made the SAR of ROK and be put through a rapid economic development in which it went through.

Most likely South Korea would keep the north wages low so they can use them for cheap labor. basically North Korea will be South Korea’s Mexico

The ROK government plans to put North Korea through the same kind of rapid economic growth that it and China went through; they have the experience and money to make this happen, made especially easier by thousands of foreign companies leaving China.

He is not Russian, the Russians dont owehim anything.

The North Korean government collects the wages on behalf of North Korean workers. Thus Kim Jong Un can collect a back pay of $1700 a month on North Korean laborers if what you claim is true. Of course it’s not true.

they do because that and Chinese stuff are the only thing Norks are allowed to watch

North Koreans are not allowed to watch any Chinese stuff. North Koreans risk their lives to watch the ROK stuff because entertainment is like drug.

North Koreans would be envious.. look at all the Koreans in prestigious positions in Russia:

Well, there are no Chung Joo Yong(Hyundai founder) and Moon Sun Myung(Moonie cult aka The Unification Church founder and a billionaire) in Russia.

but don’t worry.. your ideas and Russias ideas will both happen. Russia can just reclaim Raison

Where are you getting this crazy idea again? Russia’s primary objective is the defense of Siberia from Chinese encroachment through its economic development by connecting gas pipe, railway, and electric grid with the ROK.

those are exceptions not the norm. the south korean govt has affirmative action policies to help them but the populace dislikes the north koreans.

Those who can’t assimilate, maybe.
Those who can, where’s the hate?

they look down on them.

Well, they look down on all 3rd worlders, including Chinese.

now imagine korea trying to absorb 20 million North koreans. they cant do it. they would have to separate them with borders and restrict movement like how china did for its rich areas

The ROK government plans to do exactly that for at least 20 years by establishing a SAR.

actually russia’s wages can be higher than that.

Then Kim Jong Eun should be flying to Russia demanding the back pay difference of $1700 per month since the average wage North Korean laborers have gotten is $300.

russia is a developed country. in fact per capita income of Tyumen is much higher than entire south korea.

http://www.globalsherpa.org/bric-countries-brics

BRIC Countries – Background, Latest News, Statistics and Original Articles
The BRIC countries label refers to a select group of four large, developing countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China).

north koreans regularly work in russia so they are more familiar with russia than south korea

Well, North Koreans do not watch Russian TV.

they learn russian in their schools as a foreign language.

Not any more.

also russia would likely create an autonomous are for north koreans like they do other minorities

If North Koreans see how the ethnic minorities live in Russia, then they would flee to the ROK faster than the speed of sound.

But that’s exactly what’s happening right now; Russia does not deport North Korean laborers seeking an asylum, and what do these North Korean laborers choose to do? They choose to go to the ROK.

I don’t see why that couldnt happen in Korea as well.

A 20-year SAR as explained above. The Korean government studied the German case and won’t make same mistakes.