South Korea has signed a contract with Poland to deliver 48 FA-50s, with 12 already delivered. According to South Korea, it is a “masterpiece.” South Korean media JTBC has published an interesting report about the Korean-made trainer aircraft (light attack aircraft) FA-50, which South Korea has decided to export to Poland. ↑Reports on this matter. ↑YouTube “JTBS News” Channel / Korean “Poland has asked us to equip the FA-50 with missiles made in the United States as promised,” and we are in trouble. The following has been reported: However, it has been confirmed that Poland has recently raised the issue of installing “US-made air-to-air missiles.” They are demanding that Japan “keep its promise to equip itself with U.S.-made air-to-air missiles.” –Omitted–
⇒Reference/Source: JTBC “” The Polish side requested that the purchased FA-50 be equipped with US-made anti-aircraft missiles — but the key point is “as promised.” The Korean company Kai said, “We made no such promise,” but added that the contract only included a “feasibility study.” This is really suspicious. I think the person in charge must have made a simple promise like, “Oh, of course it’ll be fine! (In the future/if the United States says yes).” ・The President’s Office was infuriated by the “delivered FA-50s being unable to fly” situation! The report mentioned that “11 of the 12 aircraft that were delivered as a priority have equipment problems,” which means that the delivered aircraft are unable to fly in the first place. This has been reported by several media outlets, including YTN. Here is a quote from Alpha Biz: It has been discovered that some of the 12 FA-50 fighter jets exported to Poland by Korea Aerospace (KAI) are in a non-flyable condition. –Omitted– At the meeting, Shin Won-sik, head of the National Security Advisory Council, asked Kang Gu-young, through the company’s president, to take responsibility for the FA-50s destined for Poland that were unable to fly, but was reportedly furious when KAI failed to provide a clear solution. In relation to this, KAI explained, “We have identified the cause of the temporary defect that caused the FA-50 bound for Poland to be unable to fly, and are currently correcting the problem through maintenance.” (Omitted) ⇒ Reference/Source: Alpha Biz “” How can a plane that was just exported be defective and unable to fly? KAI’s argument that “the FA-50s destined for Poland are unable to fly due to a temporary defect” is also incomprehensible and pathetic. This would be sure to cause outrage even in the President’s office. President Yoon Seok-yol, who called himself “Korea’s No. 1 salesman” and personally visited Eastern European countries to negotiate deals, has also lost face. After all, President Yoon Seok-yeol’s slogan was “Make the defense industry and nuclear power plants export items.” By the way, the above Alpha Biz article was dated September 26, 2024, but prior to this some media outlets had published articles such as “Is the FA-50 unable to fly?” Therefore, it is likely that those in the know were already aware of the problems with the FA-50. Regardless, if the JTBC report that “11 of the 12 planes have equipment problems” refers to “unflyable” planes rather than a problem with the missile equipment, then 90% of the planes delivered are no longer able to fly. It’s a really broken system. Even if it wasn’t 90% accurate, it would be completely unacceptable for a new plane delivered by Sarapin to be unable to fly. A while ago I posted an article titled “Is Poland okay?” and this is a case where “penny wise, pound foolish.” This is what happens when people believe what Koreans say and buy products made in Korea. (Yoshida Hunting @dcp) Full text from source 2024.10.04.
Ah, so they delivered only Sidewinders That’s bound to cause some trouble, it’s pointless without the Amraam The reason they’re adding Gripens is because they can use the Meteor, which has a longer range than the Amraam.
Do you have any Japanese fighter jets? Don’t make fun of Korea when you can’t even build them from scratch Just modify American-made fighter jets and be smugly happy that Japan is the strongest.
>>25 The FA-50 was made with technical assistance from LM, right? I mean, it’s weird that they’re selling a training aircraft as a fighter-attack aircraft.
>>25 It’s easy if you just make it randomly lol China and Russia are constantly coming out with new fighter jets, right? The same goes for missiles But the West keeps using them for decades What’s the point and difference? That’s what I mean.
Well, I still have no right to say we’re friendly and trying to get along with each other, but Europe is pretty stupid too. How many times do I have to be fooled before I’m satisfied?
The AIM-9 Sidewinder also has many branch numbers, and it is said that the latest version X that Poland purchased for the F-35 cannot be used on Korean aircraft.
Is it worth making the news? Or are you trying to say that the fact that there was one non-defective unit mixed in means that it’s impossible for it to be made in Korea?
If even one machine is operating, the operating rate will be 10%. In our country’s military, it’s within the margin of error, it’s normal. After that, it’s just for parts.
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