DefenceTalkNorth Korea on Saturday issued a fresh warning of an “all-out war”, urging the United States to stop military drills and what it described as “nuclear blackmail”. In a thinly veiled threat to strike the United States, the North’s National Defence Commission (NDC), chaired by leader Kim Jong-Un, said the US government must withdraw its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-warns-of-all-out-war-49374/

DefenceTalkThe United States and South Korea today agreed to establish “a bilateral strategy for tailored deterrence against … North Korean nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction,” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said during a press conference here today. Hagel and his counterpart, South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin, spoke to reporters after the 45th […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korea-announce-tailored-deterrence-strategy-49264/

DefenceTalkA T-50i, which is a Korean-made supersonic aircraft being exported to Indonesia, took off at full speed at the Sacheon airfield on 10 September. This T-50i will first fly to Gaishung, Taiwan and then arrive at its final destination of Ishuwahyudi, Indonesia after stopping in Cebu, Philippines and Spinggan, Indonesia en route to the final […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-export-of-koreas-supersonic-t-50i-aircraft-to-indonesia-49251/

DefenceTalkThe Ministry of National Defense launched a task force Wednesday to take charge of the F-X III project to purchase 60 fighter jets amid growing concerns over a lack of aircraft in the coming years. The move came one day after Korea decided to reject Boeing’s F-15 Silent Eagle (SE) due to its lack of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-forms-task-force-to-revive-fx-jet-program-49199/

DefenceTalkLike the collapse of East Germany, the collapse of North Korea could occur suddenly and with little warning. But a North Korean collapse could be far more dangerous and disastrous than the actual collapse of East Germany, especially given the inadequate preparations for it, according to a new RAND Corporation report. The current North Korean […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korea-and-allies-should-prepare-for-eventual-collapse-of-north-korea-49134/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea will show off a cruise missile capable of surgical strikes on the North Korean leadership when it stages a military parade in Seoul next month, the defence ministry said Wednesday. The parade on October 1 marks the 65th anniversary of the founding of South Korea’s armed forces and is held every five years. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-to-parade-north-focused-cruise-missile-49037/

DefenceTalkEuropean aerospace consortium EADS has been eliminated from a bid to provide fighter jets worth $7.3 billion to South Korea due to a failure to meet some requirements, a report said Sunday. The Eurofighter was dropped from the bid also sought by US company Boeing after the South’s military found that the EADS proposal did […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eads-dropped-from-7-3-bn-s-korea-jet-fighter-bid-report-48804/

DefenceTalkBoeing’s F-15 Silent Eagle and European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS)’s Eurofighter Tranche 3 Typhoon came within the given budget of the F-X program, an industry source said, Friday. According to the source, Boeing and the EADS met the procurement price of 8.3 trillion won ($7.5 billion) on the final day of an extra […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-15-eurofighter-meet-south-korean-fighter-aircraft-budget-48762/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea’s Navy held a ceremony Tuesday to launch its fourth 1,800-ton, 214-type submarine to boost its underwater warfare capabilities. The fourth submersible of 214-type, which represents the size of the warship, was launched in the afternoon at a shipyard of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Geoje Island, southeast of Seoul, the Navy said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-launches-4th-1800-ton-submarine-48745/

DefenceTalkNorth and South Korea will hold a seventh round of talks Wednesday on reopening their joint industrial park in Kaesong, with a lot more than the future of the complex riding on the outcome. With South Korea kicking off a military exercise with the United States next week, the result of the negotiations could determine […]https://www.defencetalk.com/military-drill-looms-large-over-inter-korea-talks-48739/