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Korea to Buy 20 Foreign Fighter Jets Next Year

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Korea has decided to choose a foreign contractor through open bidding to supply 20 "next-generation" fighter jets in the coming years, a project to cost around 2.3 trillion won ($2.4 billion), defense officials said Wednesday (Jan. 17).

Korea has pushed for the purchase of 120 next-generation fighter jets as part of its blueprint for overhauling the military's structure and drastically increasing combat capability by 2020.

"It is a plan to secure 20 highly efficient multipurpose fighter jets to actively counter threats by neighboring countries under the National Defense Reform 2020 project," Kim said. "We will introduce the aircraft between 2010 and 2012."

hört sich nach ner guten Chance für den Eurofighter oder die Rafale an !!!

He indicated that Lockheed Martin's F-35 model will be ruled out, saying the Air Force needs double-engine fighters.
"There are a lot of differences between the single-engine F-35 and what our military needs, including weapons capacity and flight scope," Kim said.

erstaunlich dass mal jemand von der F35 nicht begeistert ist