Interesting. So the Russians have managed to scuttle it.
I know that. I don't know if their SAMs have been tested against supersonic sea skimming missiles. Maybe we can provide some help with that.
I wonder how long will this take.
Yes. The Japanese used supersonic drones from Raytheon for testing their SAMs. Not sure if those drones have TERCOM or Sea skimming modes though.
Compatibility is always a concern. I am wondering if the supersonic AShM the Koreans just tested are compatible with the VLS on their ships. Even the 290km ranged Brahmos isn't exactly a small missile. Perhaps they can use inclined launchers instead of VLS.
www.navalnews.com
No SFDR is not Russian.The army will release a PSQR, so those with money will start development soon after. Whenever they get ready, a tender will be announced, and then the usual rigmarole.
Drones are capable of sea skimming.
India is also developing a drone called STAR.
They would have taken care of that.
The SFDR is actually Russian. And the Koreans have their own LFRJ.
They are making their own stuff, even an AAM.
New Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile for South Korea's KF-X Breaks Cover - Naval News
The first artist impression of a new supersonic anti-ship missile for South Korea's KF-X fighter has been released.
Anyway, politically, the Koreans have no intention of bothering the Chinese.
Ah yes, the LFRJ spin off. If they want they can test their SAMs against their own supersonic AShM like we did.
So they would have a Brahmos NG before us. Doubtful. But let's see.
Design consultancy for the ramjet came from Russia. The nozzle less booster was from HEMRL I think. The design work was done by DRDL.
Very cool design. That's a AShM though.They are making their own stuff, even an AAM.
New Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile for South Korea's KF-X Breaks Cover - Naval News
The first artist impression of a new supersonic anti-ship missile for South Korea's KF-X fighter has been released.
Them and the Japanese. One of the reasons China could push their claims in SCS. They faced no resistance. The Americans under Obama did nothing too.
They are more self sufficient than us. They already have an ATGM superior to the Javelin, MBT,SPH,Cruise Missile,Tactical ballistic missile,IFV's, AIP SSK with both cruise and ballistic missile capabilities. The most heavily armed destroyer presently in service. They are conventionally a much more independent and secure military than us. They are only behind Japan in self sufficiency. There aerospace industry is behind us. On every other conventional metric they are ahead of us by quite a margin.
I personally think our lack lead is mainly due to not involving the private industry for conventional weapons r&d. We could literally have a 55 ton tank read within a year if we gave Tata or Kalyani the deal along with JV. They will have better QC as well as better tech unlike involving the DRDO or OFB. DRDO should frankly focus only on development of strategic munitions and crown-jewel tech the rest of the r&d and manufacturing should be given to the private industry. We are going in the right direction for the most part but not fast enough..
Well, yesterday the Koreans showed a supersonic anti-ship missile similar in appearance to the Brahmos/Yakhont (from 1:38 in the linked video) . This, in addition to the Hyunmoo 4-4 SLBM, a long-range bunker-busting ALCM and the Hyunmoo-4 SRBM (with a 2.5-3 ton conventional warhead) (all shown in the linked video below).
Maybe. But that isn't how their relationship with Russia is and that isn't how the Korean military-industrial complex usually operates. Not to mention, Korean sources first mentioned of the missile's development in around 2014-15. Considering Korea's history of officially confirming a missile's existence years after the project actually begins the timeframe isn't too short for the missile to be developed in Korea with Russian tech transfers ( much like the KM-SAM Cheongung; developed with assistance from Almaz-Antey; adopted in Russia as the S-350 Vityaz).
Fair point.
They regretted what ?
Agreed.
Very interesting. @randomradio remember what I said about our relation with Russia. Maybe a knock on effect ?
If I recall correctly Korea also purchased some cryogenic engines from Russia for space launch applications. It does seem likely that they received tech from Russia.
Yes, it was for the KSLV-1 Naro.
Again, yes. The technology was used for developing the KSLV-2 Nuri, which is scheduled for its maiden launch next month.
Who knows? They did take the help of the Israelis to test their indigenous AESA radar for the KF-21 Boramae, so they might have had a similar arrangement with us for testing purposes.
While true to some extent, the L-SAM clearly differs from the S-400. So maybe, the Koreans got tech transfers for the KM-SAM Cheongung, upgraded it to Cheongung 2 themselves, and are now manufacturing the L-SAM entirely indigenously (this particular pattern is present in every single Korean weapons programme).
