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South Korea’s 4.5-gen Falcon fighter set to soar
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Posted on 06/27/2022 3:51:46 AM PDT by FarCenter

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To: Sirius Lee

That looks strangely familiar? I can’t put my finger on just what it looks like. Can you?

$7.6 billion development cost. Dirt cheap compared to the aged US cousin. At $75 million a copy it is competitive with the F-35 and F-15EX.

I wonder how much lockheed makes in the deal?


21 posted on 06/27/2022 9:53:43 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: FarCenter

The F-35 is probably the most widely stolen airplane design as parts are made everywhere and the plane is sold to just about anyone.


22 posted on 06/27/2022 3:05:47 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Sequoyah101

Korea will also be buying F-35As. These are (at current) intended to replace badly aging F-5s. The KF-21 is supposed to have an operational per-flight-hour cost of less than half the F-35A, too.


23 posted on 06/28/2022 1:58:56 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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