DefenceTalkWith the “final” bidding for Korea’s next-generation fighter program underway, the procurement price of 8.3 trillion won ($7.5 billion) is taking center stage, which puts Boeing’s F-15 Silent Eagle (SE) in the contender position. However, military watchers say that a price-focused selection of 60 F-15 SEs may doom the Korean Air force’s goal of boosting […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-15se-may-lead-south-korean-fighter-jet-competition-48727/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin’s F-35 faces the distinct possibility of being the first to be eliminated in the ongoing bidding for Korea’s next generation fighter program. The weakest point against the latest U.S. aircraft is that its price may go up significantly because it is still in development. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), the arm of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-caps-fighter-aircraft-acquisition-at-7-45-billion-48624/

DefenceTalkThe Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on July 18th of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea (ROK) of 260 AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $452 million. The Government of the Republic of Korea (ROK) has […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-requests-aim-120c-7-advanced-medium-range-air-to-air-missiles-48547/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea’s defence ministry said Monday it has ordered its staff to install a smartphone application that restricts key functions like the camera in an attempt to prevent military leaks. The ministry said that, from Monday, its 1,500 staff are no longer allowed to bring smartphones into their offices without installing the app, called “Mobile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-enforces-smartphone-app-to-curb-military-leaks-48482/

DefenceTalkChina and South Korea will keep pushing to end North Korea’s nuclear program, their leaders declared Thursday at a high-profile summit between Pyongyang’s closest ally and its key rival. “We have agreed that under any circumstances, North Korea’s nuclear (weapons) are unacceptable and confirmed that the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula is of common interest […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-south-korea-agree-to-push-north-korea-denuclearization-48272/

DefenceTalk“The Evolving Military Balance in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia” describes the strategy, force deployments, and the military balance in potential current and future scenarios involving the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, People’s Republic of China, Japan, and the United States. The analysis in these volumes shows how tensions between the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/the-evolving-military-balance-in-the-korean-peninsula-and-northeast-asia-48254/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea will buy European bunker-busting missiles as the United States refused to sell the same kind of weapons to the country, the state procurement agency said Wednesday. At a meeting presided over by Defence Minister Kim Kwan-Jin, the Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) approved a plan to purchase air-to-ground missiles with a 500-kilometre (312.5 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-to-buy-european-missiles-48179/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea formally opened bidding Tuesday on a $7.3 billion deal to provide 60 advanced fighter planes, with three aviation giants vying for what is the Asian nation’s largest defence contract to date. US companies Boeing and Lockheed Martin and the European aerospace consortium EADS are in the running, and all have prefaced their bids […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-opens-bidding-on-7-3-bn-fighter-jet-deal-48154/

DefenceTalkThe Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress May 21 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea (ROK) for weapons in support of a potential Direct Commercial Sale of F-15 SE aircraft. Included also are associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $ 823 million. The Government […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-requests-f-15se-aircraft-weapons-47869/

DefenceTalkFollowing Eurofighter’s promise to assemble 53 Eurofighters in Korea if the aircraft is selected as Korea’s next generation fighter, global aerospace company EADS said that it will “invest $2 billion and its technology in the KF-X to help Korea to become a fighter jet producer.” If Eurofighter produces 53 out of 60 fighter jets in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eads-offers-to-invest-2billion-if-korea-buys-eurofighter-47867/