South Korea rushed to the fourth?American pleasure

A variety of Korean weapons have set off in the international arms market in recent years, which has greatly enhanced South Korea's confidence in weapon exports. The United States CNN (CNN) said on the 17th that South Korean President Yin Xiyue said in his speech that South Korea will become the world's fourth largest weapon supply country.

It is reported that Yin Xiyue said in a 100 -day speech that South Korea is expected to become the fourth largest exporter of the world after the United States, Russia and France. According to data from the Institute of International Peace, Sweden, South Korean weapons exports ranked tenth in 2021, with a total value of $ 566 million, which was far behind the fourth largest weapon exporter in last year, with a total weapon sales of 1.7 billion US dollars.

However, a series of breakthrough arms signed by South Korea recently is considered the cornerstone of South Korea's ambitious foreign military sales plan. Among them, the "largest weapon transactions ever history" reached by South Korea and Poland will provide nearly 1,000 K-2 "Black Panther" main battle tanks, 648 K-9 "Thunder" self-propelled howitzers and self-propelled grenades and artillery cannons. 48 FA-50 light fighters. In addition, in February this year, South Korea and Egypt signed an agreement worth 1.7 billion US dollars to provide Egypt with K-9 self-propelled howitzers and supporting support vehicles.

Related statistics show that the K-9 self-propelled howitzer has become one of the most important weapons and equipment for South Korea's exports. Its maximum range is more than 40 kilometers, and indicators such as shooting accuracy, response time and automation have reached the world's advanced level. The current K-9 has been exported to Estonia, Norway, Finland, Turkey, Australia, India and other countries.

K-9 self-propelled howitzer is the most important export weapon in South Korea.

The FA-50 light fighter is also one of the main models of Korean export weapons. It is based on the modification of South Korea's T-50 senior trainer, which is suitable for land patrols and anti-guerrillas. FA-50 and T-50 series aircraft have been exported to Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. In addition, South Korea just successfully flew the KF-21 fighter aircraft not long ago. South Korean experts believe that it will become the next popular export weapon in South Korea.

KF-21 fighter

Why can Korean weapons be very popular in the international arms market? CNN said that this is related to the current special international environment. For example, Poland announced earlier this year that it will purchase 250 M1 series main battle tanks from the United States. Analysts said that Poland had previously transferred the old-fashioned Russian tank to Ukraine, and could not wait for the slow delivery model of the US tank. Therefore, he chose to buy nearly 1,000 K-2 tanks directly from South Korea to speed up the armor power of the country.

According to the US "power" website, although Korean domestic weapons are not the world's most advanced, the main performance indicators are still first -class, and its low prices are very tempting for most countries. These Korean domestic weapons use a large number of foreign mature technologies. For example, the T-50 and KF-21 fighters are designed by the United States Luo Malaysia. The core devices such as engines are also from the United States; the G-2 tank gearbox is German technology. South Korea directly introduces mature foreign technology, and then uses the developed industrial capabilities of South Korea to reduce costs to reduce costs. It is a world and earth in the international market. In addition, South Korea has fewer political restrictions on foreign military sales. For example, the tight relations between the United States and Turkey directly affect the weapon transactions between the United States and the Floor. However, South Korea is not affected by this, and it also actively provides low interest rate loans to Turkey.

Some analysts believe that the exports of Korean weapons in the United States are popular. Because these low -end weapons exported to South Korea do not have an impact on the export of high -end weapons in the United States, they will reduce the sale of military fire in the third world in Russia and other competitors. At the same time, South Korean weapons are very dependent on American technology and parts. The Korean military barks are well sold. The American military fire merchants participating in it can also "indirectly make money."

Global Times Chen Shan

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