There was a rumor that circulated a while ago which stated that KAI was seeking partnership from Europe to rebuild T/A-50 with EJ-200 in order to enter the European market. Nothing solid seems to have come out from it however.

The F-4D of the 11th Fighter Wing at Daegu AB s still there and will fly until 2010. As of Sept. 28th 2007, the 110th Fighter Squadron was disbanded however, leaving the 151st Fighter Squadron as the sole operator of F-4D in the world. The 110th is likely to be reformed with F-15K at a later date however.

The F-4Es will also serve until 2020 as bomb-trucks. No significant upgrade comparable to the Turkish or Greek ones are being considered, however. The F-4E fleet did receive the capability to launch Israeli Popeye missile though. No definitely replacement on this one. Maybe later batch of F-15K, or maybe F-35.

Other than the security issue, is there really any difference between a dock fitted to build a 65,000ton carrier and a docked fitted to build a 100,000ton supertanker?

Specification for the PKX-A is as follows

Length: 63m
Width: 9m
Max speed: 40knts
*CODAG propulsion with 2 gas-turbine, 2 diesel, on 3 water-jet
Displacement: 440ton (empty) 560ton (full)
Armament: 76mm gun, 40mm gun, 4~8 SSM-700K Haesung ASM (150km)
*PKX-B may carry ASW torpedoes and an extra gun.

Sensor suite consist of SONATA ESM (without the integrated ECM systems), 3D pencil-beam radar, tracking radar, and EOTS system. The combat system will be developed domestically, and will be used as a starting platform for developing combat system of the larger 2700ton FFX.

Unless I’ve been asleep for awhile…and the South Koreans have a very short memory,…I can’t see them climbing into bed with the people that aided their invaders 50 years ago…

Well if you want to go that far back, you might as well count in the imperial Japanese to our memory too. Short answer? Chinese, Japanese, they’re all the same. North Korea may be South Korea’s primary threat, but they are not the only threat the armed forces need to prepare for. Japan is and always has been on that list.

No it’s one.

But the story doesn’t seem to match up with private conversation and interviews with the MBT-X design team who’d said that the German AWISS system was the primary model for the APS on the new tank. Even the grenade launcher on the models displayed repeatedly had similar appearance to the AWISS than ARENA.

Japan is far more realistic than China, and we still wouldn’t go through with it. The last time there was any aviation-related joint project between Korea and China, the project fell apart under a year after Chinese demanded nearly 100% of workshare. It was a project for a regional airliner if I remember correctly.