China Outgunned By South Korea? Seoul's Defense Exports On Track To Make It Asia's Top Arms Dealer
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- Опубликовано: 20 фев 2024
- In its bid to become one of the top four defense exporters, South Korea could soon elbow out China. South Korea is fast becoming a defense partner of choice for countries across the globe. Cairo, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, New Delhi, and European countries are making major arms purchases from Seoul. They are also undertaking joint development projects with South Korea. South Korean defense companies are attracting hefty investments, not just purchases. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ranked South Korea as the world’s ninth-largest arms exporter from 2018-2022. Watch the video to find out why are countries turning to South Korea for their weapons needs?
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What many analysts leave out is that South Korea's weapons development could not have happened if they didn't have core industries already in place. Yes, South Korea makes high quality tanks, self-propelled artillery and armored personnel vehicles but before all that South Korea made world class cars, trains, ships and construction equipment. That allows a country to have the infrastructure, the engineering base and technological base to make high quality tanks, APCs and SPHs. South Korea manufactures competitive missiles, smart bombs and radars but that's because they have a highly competitive electronics and semiconductor industrial base. South Korea makes good submarines, frigates and destroyers? Well, they have a world leading shipbuilding industry too. This is something that a country like India forgets. You cannot make world class tanks, armored vehicles or submarines if you have none of the already existing civilian manufacturing infrastructure that your defense industry can feed off of. You have to start with the basics before you have the ability to create a well developed and sustainable military industrial complex. None of this is easy and requires DECADES of sustainable focus and buy-in from both government and the populace to build something stable, but incremental, over time to realize results after 40, 30 and 20 years into the future.
You are right. (1) SK has the technology, STEM and industry base (2) SK just bench-marks the trend of the US weapons and its development orientation (3) SK picks the target (within the present or potential reach of its capability) and optimizes the product concept (4) very rapid and economic R&D and extensive testing ...
Let me elaborate a little on the point (2)...
First example. The US began developing 'all-in-one' electronic fuse for 155 mm shells, in 2022... SK has started developing the equivalent in 2024.... And SK will combine this all-in-one electronic fuse with anti-jamming-capable trajectory-modifying fuse into one piece, within the target cost for R&D and for mass production.
Second example. The US Navy succeeded in developing a new generation of anti-radar missile (AARGM-ER) in 2021. The US Air Force was so impressed that it began upgrading this anti-rada supersonic missile (propelled by a solid fuel ramjet) to all-purpose version (SiAW) in 2022. One of the greatest differences is in the seeker. The Air Force version added infrared. SK began developing air-launched supersonic missile. AARGM-ER or SiAW is slightly off the reach of SK's capabilities since it involves a very high technological barrier. Still SK decides to go with it in 2023 for its indigenous fighter, KF-21. And SK just wants to skip the AARGM-ER and seems to have made the all-purpose model(SiAW) as its target. It will take about 10 years, But if SK succeeds in developing a comparable one, it will reach a higher level of supersonic cruise missile technology.
Third example. In a sense, KF-21, the indigenous model, looks like an upgraded Super Hornet with twin-engined F-22 form factor. The F-35 has the single engine fuselage, which limits its internal space. The US ditched the idea of a 'twin engine stealth' fighter when it decided to retire the F-22. South Korea, with the consultation from Lockeed Martin, picked up this twin engine structure. One of the reasons is that anyway there is little chance for South Korea to have the bargaining power to procure the state-of-art (TIT temperature exceeds 1900 degree celsius) engine from the US. (If you cannot buy a powerful one for a single engine structure, you can use two of less-powerful engines..).. But here kicks in the real trick. South Korea has the technology to optimize the fuselage, using all sorts of brand new high-tech materials such as carbon fiber and 'glue'. The current version's internal fuel tank can carry 6.6 ton of fuel. Still there is 'hidden(extra)' 6 metric meter space within the fuselage.For a 4.5 gen fighter, this extra space can be used for fuel tank, making KF-21 with 'the longest internal-fuel-only range' . For a 5 gen variant, this extra space can be used as the internal weapon bay. In short, fuselage technology together with electronics/sensors/chips has revived F-22's twin-engine structure.
South Korea (as this episode aptly pointed) is on the crossroad in this ever-more-becoming-polarized world. It has the potential and capability to become the arsenal of the West, even surpassing France, especially several years after KF-21 reaches the IOC(initial operational capability) stage in 2027, I suppose. But can South Korea cope with this dangerous business? Beijing is less than 1,000 kw away from Seoul.
What would be the response of China as South Korea is arming itself with the most sophisticated indigenous Missile Defense? With terrifying Diesel-AIP-Lithium submarines with 4,000 ton displacement and with (non-nuke) ballistic missile tubes? (Three-month submerge.. though it is slower than a nuclear-powered sub, it is much quieter... ideal for ambush around the Peninsula)... Thousands of intermediate range non-nuke ballistic/cruise missiles covering almost all of China... with high-end UAVs such as long-endurance ISR and attack model, or unmanned stealth fighter model, or stealth flying-wing model.... a few tens of medium weight reconnaissance satellites (Electro-Optical or Infra-Red or SAR) and hundreds ( a constellation) of very small SAR satellites. ... How will China respond?
One thing is clear. South Korea has not chosen to destabilize this region. It is China, by arming North Korea with nukes and ballistic missiles, who started the chicken game involving the US, South Korea and Japan. And when it comes to a chicken game, South Koreans are masters. Since this country is a free republic, it is no big deal if the President gets nuked. There are many, many 'somebody-else's' who can run the country. But North Korea and China are different. The state exists for the top echelon of the party and for the leader. China cannot go on as the present polity if this upper crust is crushed.
An all-in game has started. Freedom and independence are our choice. War and peace are their choice. Meanwhile, South Koreans cannot help developing and producing very, very terrifying (non-nuke) stuff.
Canadian Armed Forces wishlist 🇨🇦🇰🇷:
. KSS-III Batch II submarines to replace Victoria class submarines
. K2 Black Panther MBT to replace Leopard 2 tanks donated to Ukraine
. Possibly K9 Thuder Howitzer
From ships, cars to smart phones, chips and now weapons. South Korean manufacturing power is magnificient!
For last 30 years, major European arms exporting countries (France, Germany, UK, Italy, Spain) reduced their defense spendings and weapon development. But South Korea maintained its defense spending, weapon development and investment. France maintained its arms export with Rafale fighter jet. Russia and China use Russian standard weapons. SK become one of the largest suppliers of NATO compatible weapons ranging from small arms to fighter jet or submarine. Western weapons are generally expensive for smaller counties. But Korean weapons are quite affordable and reliable as SUV cars from Hyundai or Kia. She will be 4-th largest arms exporter surpassing China. No wonder considering that South Korea is major export of automobile, electronics, smartphone, semiconductor, and commercial ships.
Ambitious country
Military weapons systems are not profitable. Western countries have been divesting where they can. Many companies don’t have customers outside of their own government and don’t want to expand production. The military industry is a huge drag on the economy.
@@chillxxx241 The industry does seem a bit saturated.
@@bourbonlover7158 The big numbers make people think that there are big profits, but that is just ignorance. Margins are getting squeezed even more because of Ukraine. Countries see Ukraine getting $100 Billions in free weapons, so what is the incentive to purchase. There are headlines of large sales, but they are almost always at near 0 interest rates and often include supplemental systems given at no or low cost. Poland is already trying to pull out of some of the Korean purchases.
@@chillxxx241 Interesting
Go, South Korea, go! Philippines needs your help.
Philippines has just purchased 12 fa 50,12 kaav,2 missile frigates and ordered 8 brand new warships to korea
That why so many of them living on the slum.
@@laosasean8482Even regional military powers like India and Indonesia has lots of slums! What's your point?!
@@EMateoEEven US have more slum than China because they spend so much money trying to be a world cop, Indonesia have a good relationship with China and they refused to host the US base on the soil and they have smaller slum than both India and Philippines who are trying to be a local regional cops.
@@laosasean8482 It's funny how you 'wumaos' always try to include U.S. in every discussion. China is one of the Biggest Pollutants in the world. The world only wants to trade w/ china because of cheap labor and Goods, but everybody knows that China is a Regional Bully and Engages in Economic Coercion, Bullying and Intimidation. Indonesia also has a good relationship w/ US thru joint military Training, Partnership..etc. coz they know that China is their #1 regional threat. China also has a lot of poor people, and people who doesn't have any voice bec. of their Evil government.
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Love ❤ from North East India
Definitely
I see the Devil of this world. That Devil does not come in bright red suit and a pitch fork. That Devil comes preaching "freedom, democracy and human rights".
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Way to go Sokor
South Korea products quality is good. Where as China's products cheap not long term sustainable.
oh fraudsters cancel cooperation with Indonesia. we don't want ugly kf21
all i know it was indonesia and philippines are the first buyers of korean arms the philippines started in the 80s not those nations that you mention they are only newbies on the block !
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Korean congress introduced a bill to draft females as soldiers! Soon, they will have blackpink, aespa, twice, newjeans in military.
drafting females is evil
Finally true gender equality will exist in South Korea 😅
😂
If they are not going to have babies then they need to serve in the military. Korean feminism girlbossed it's way into being drafted.... 😂
@@Zentsuuki👌
Of course in your dream. We severely lack people who run those armament system.
OH Boy, what a load of bull !!!
Of the top 10 arms exporters in the world, 8 are western democracies. 40% of the world's arms exports are made in the USA.
It seems like a lot of Chinese people are leaving comments here.
China does not need to be worried,, The only country is worry will be the United States, South Korea is eating a big piece of Americas cakes. America rely heavily on selling weapons. Now is losing profits
Small correction: India is south asia not south east asia and Australia is european country not asian
Australia is oceanic country, don t confuse with Austria
north korea says hello😂
North korea is struggling to stay relevant while South Korean moved on, that’s why North Korea always launching missiles to grab international attention.
Nbd buying north’s weapons, what are you even talking lol
@@worldcollides4197excepting Russia lmao😂
@@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr true, but it's more like ammo so
Territory wise, Korea is size of England, Italy, or Germany. These territory size nations represent majority of nations around the world. Only large state that is much larger and live in 1st world economy is USA, while China is largest 3rd world nation with record of poor quality and poor knockoff copies, and for this reason Chinese weapons don’t sell; even Pakistan, strong ally of China, is very reserved buying Chinese weapons. Knockoffs haves limits to export markets.
3rd world with 2nd largest GDP and the only sole industrial superpower does not sound right. 😅
@@herrwolf5184 Yeah large economy but 1.5 billion people usa has 1st but 300 million people now do the math idiot
China is 3rd world? That doesn't sound right when regular Chinese has luxury car, incredible apartment, and bank account one would only look at with envy, and has some of the biggest cities in the world, that are globally leading in terms of Infrastructure, economic development, size, fast traffics and Chinese and their power isn't going down , but up, So can you explain how it is just one 3rd world country comparable to east European nations, lot of America and Africa? Also you think they wouldn't be able to get their hands on some powerful weapons when they are the largest industrialists in the world while also possessing impressive amount of nuclear power?
@@NootNootMdf do you know what "3rd world" mean? Just because a country has some advanced technological sectors and thriving major cities, this does not make a country a first world country (democracy, freedom of press, high standards of living, independent judiciary etc.).. China is simply an authoritarian developing country that may never get out the middle income trap..
Korean men 👌
The product in South Korea are good quality follow from Japan
If China and Russia allowed North Korea to have nuclear weapons then USA should allow Taiwan to have nuclear weapons
Funny stuff
😅😅😅.
China won't allows that to happen just like US don't allow Cuba to have nuke on the soil.
Don't worry the dragon will sit on a new egg,go ahead and do it.
Don't worry the dragon will sit on a new egg,go ahead and do it.
Will these weapons outlast a KIA? Is there a warranty?
South Korea waiving north korea rocket man lol,,
yes south korea's product have good quality compared to chinese thats the main reason 😢😢😢😢
Simple answer it cant
This report say "
...HOSTILE countries like North Korea, China, JAPAN (?!?!?!?!?!)...".
Since when in Japan a hostile nation ?
Poor reporting. Very poor.
from Korean perspective, Japan is a potential enemy due to historical reason. Japan & Korea also has some unresolved teritorial dispute which may cause a conflict in the future.
They are very hostile to each other. And Korean navy's potential enemy is Japan.
Godzilla
Of course, they can't...what kind of question is this?
12 billion in arm weapon sales is nothing compared to Russian china and US s Korea manufacturer on electric and auto is down so they need to sell something else but weapon technology is way behind tank is cheaper but air force and advanced jet is where the profit at.
Hello how are you lm from San Felipe in puerto plata dominicana Republican dominicana 🇩🇴
Hola
God bless the Koreans who love democracy.😍😘🤩
Japan and South Korea are not enemies, but nice try there, buddy.
Study your history on Japanese occupation of Korea.
This isn't this isn't WW2, GTFOH. Currently, Japan is not a threat to South Korea. GTFOH.@@sparc4ux
Korea does not trust Japan. This is a nation that always betrays. The country that knows Japan best is Korea. Japan is inherently faithless. It is a culture that is not ashamed of being faithless. Korea and Japan have completely different ethnicities.
The sentiment is still there
Sentiment doesn't mean enemies.@@deidresable
❤ much respect to South Korea
Haha, good joke😂
Guns don't matter.... Who's going to fire the guns, BTS? 😂😂
😂blackpink I guess
@@crchen146 If South Koreans had any sense left they'd merge with North right now and start making babies again. 😅
@@Zentsuuki Korean men only 👌 😂😂😂
South Korea too small to out gun China.
No way.. Korea can out gun China.
Landwise yes but power wise
@@liongjiahwong5478 impossible to small and have no natural resource they can dream but they won't be able to achieve it.
@@liongjiahwong5478yes everyone is allowed to dream but when you wake up,it will all be Ashe's as your parents saw your grandparents.
Even when China suffered a crushing defeat and fell to Mongolia, it was the small country of Korea that held on for over 30 years.
China distorts history and pretends that Mongolia is Chinese history, but the original country was originally founded by Mongolia.
China, which is mostly ruled by other peoples, distorts history as if that history is theirs.
China's history is simply a history of defeat and domination.
Now the president is busy rehersing "AmericanPie" rather than managing his country,the father of boyband🤭
Who is looking for New PATSIES to fight for Stocks Market Incomes?
love china from India
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that is the truth . Korea-small country but good engineering unlike the “COPIER” that COPIES only Ha Ha Ha !
Too much component in SK weapons system are from USA.
South Korean please outshine china
😂😂😂
South Korean War machines is much better than Made in TOFU China 🤣🤣
Why is South Korea depending on US security quarantees , if they have outgunned China.
They have to protect their K-POP industry.
china depending on Russia too
@Shurem-iw7js If S. Korea didn't have US security guarantees, S. Korea would have nuclear weapons to defend it's own security.
@@tommypop2139 ？
@@tommypop2139 lol
Love from North Korea.
😂😂😂😂😂 We all know that won't happen!
You cannot purchase the KF-21 without US or British approval.
When it comes down to FA50, it is. KF 21 is not. KF21's AESA is manufactured made by Hanwha and LIG NexOne.
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This chinese guy is spreading the lies.
KF-21 is neary all made in S Korea with K-technology. There are already many interests from air force around the world.
@@sinnopal1at least you no how things are being run,can you say it out loud, maybe your not free,just like your parents parent.
Impossible
India is importer country from South Korea
No they can't.. When the real deal happens.. Its not only the hightech weqpons that counts.. But manpower to man it.. Men to do obersvation and most of all men to fight down and dirty.. South Korea deosnt have that.
Philippines is highly interested with the KF21 Boramae & the Gripen E. It will be a tough fight between SAAB & KAI for the 40 units of multi-role fighter jet contract from the Philippines...
Who do you call belligerent? Is it not the USA and collective west are belligerent as confirmed by your foreign minister jaishankar recently at Munich
I don't know about this country if they really manufactured better weaps. than other asians despite china& Russia.{obsolete products}
Yah i can tell that we bought some of Korean arsenals but no results still in real actions so i still dont bow unto it
Outgun China? Just like in the Korean war? Not a chance.
@davidyu3815 The Korean War ended in a draw if you were living under a rock for the past century.
@@JayCho84 Let's go another round kimchi boy.
@@JayCho84 That was a China and North Korea win by landslide , imagine North Korea only left with one village to defend against US and allied attack , that when China decide to help North Korea and join the war, pushing back US and allied forces (UNC) and seizing Seoul.
@@budisuwandhi6818 You are biasedly cherry picking one phase of the Korean War before the armistice in 1953. Does North Korea and China control Seoul now? Look at a internationally recognized map if you're clueless.
@@JayCho84Because China involvement in the war , North Korea can pushing back US and allies and seizing Seoul , after negotiation both South Korea side and North Korea side agree to ceasefire and create DMZ.
Its the US thats extremely worried about Koreas sudden n rapid military industrial growth as this will cannibalise US military industrial complex revenues
answer: No
It's like asking if an ant win a fight with an elephant!
While south koreans have successfully developed a full fledge defense industry , the indians on the other hand still imports 70% of its weapons despite getting thrashed by chinese in 1962 and losing thousands of soldiers and land.
Indians also now buying a lot of weapons from south koreans😂
you are forgetting level & size .
@@Infinity_movies you should elaborate more.
Yeah so what, what is laughable about it. Every country has its own pace and laughing about 1962 war ....... Can i laugh about china when Imperial Japan invaded it.
@@sourabhthakur6064 I will have the last laugh kid. I will tell you why. 😂
The chinese were united in fighting the imperial japanese army and finally managed to expel them.
But on other side, indians were colonised by imperial British for 250 years . The indians were not divided but divided along religion, caste and race.
The worst part is many indians worked for british as cheap labourers and mercenary soldiers.
The indian soldiers massacred their own people under the white British orders.
The indian mutiny against the British failed because the Indians were not united where some soldiers revolted and others were loyal to their white masters.
Indians should be shamed for themselves for not united and killing their own kind under the order of foreign masters.
The lal bagh massacre in delhi is good example.
It was reported some 3 million indian soldiers fought for colonial masters not for liberating india but to expand the imperial British rule over other countries. 😂
@@sourabhthakur6064 do you want to discuss 250 years of British enslavement of indians.
How about 300 years of brutal moghul rule on india and another 300 years of rule by delhi sultanate?
What a great indian history 😂
Western media propaganda
Vive la Russie et poutine
Sur cette chaine il y a toujours de faux information
Russian loses in avdiika🇷🇺
17,000 killed,30,000 wounded .
Equipment loses;
364 tanks,248 Artillery systems,748 Armored Fighting Vehicles,5 Aircrafts
❤️.,👍
USA and Ukraine loses 22000 per month and second 2 years will be 25000 per month. So you need 1 200 000 soldeirs from USA to help Ukraine to survive. Bye.,
USa lost war 2008 - 2024, -3 - 4 trillions lost, 34 trilloons dept. Israel and USA at economic collpse. Germany at collaps due to blasted NORD STREAM by USA. SO who whill support Ukraine for next 4 - 5 years ? USA ? No. ISrael with crappy IDF ? No ? Germany :? NO. So WHo.??? Tell. me please.
Please do not dring and use drugs. It hurts your dendrites and axones in brain. And you produce things out of realiy., Bye. Go to school as soon as possible.
N'importe quoi qui vous a dites ça ?
is china's friend
Meanwhile, South Korea is outgunned by North Korea...😂😂😂
Meanwhile, you Chinese are running away to other countries like South Korea as economic and political refugees as Winnie the Pooh's incompetence collapses the Chinese society and economy. 🤣🙄
Meanwhile, you Chinese are fleeing to other countries like S. Korea as economic and political refugees....🤔😂
@@JayCho84bro so many chinese coming through the US border ilegally its insane.. they never follow rules
@@chinobandito7625 Yea, I've seen the news. It's rather pitiful to see the Chinese have fallen so far to where they're running away to other countries like the US and South Korea. The Chinese are also fleeing to Vietnam and Japan which I couldn't believe at first.
@@JayCho84now illegal Chinese are overwhelming in South Korea everywhere
South korea and Japan are great countries that can be trusted.
China never bombed pearl harbour!
Really? I guess ppl thought so in 1941 also..
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Two super power 😅
@@lingth move on you Chinese are aggressive now 🤣😆
Cina is realy big!!!
To achieve that the will have to turn every inch of south Korea into a military production area,which is impossible to achieve given that young people in most of this countries don't want to get their hands dirty working with machine tools,when you can take up a white collar job that allows to party and enjoy yourself.
Never
North Korea is better.😂
Just here USA 🇺🇸 uk 🇬🇧 propogada 😂tiny South Korea 🇰🇷 world 🌎 4th defense system lol 🤡 where went world 🌎 powerful real Korea 🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵😬😬👍👍
Democracy is protected by Korea. The arsenal of democracy.
Korean products are cheaper 😂
South Korea make pretty good cusumers stuff but it's not really a heavily military industry producer like Russia.
In their dreams
China is only big country😂
With the largest military force on earth.
@@chickaboomboom2726 yup, , just big..or large
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It seems like a lot of Chinese people are leaving comments here.
@@user-ei1ps4pq6x THATS A GOOD THING. CHINESE PEOPLE ARE DEFENDING THEIR MOTHERLAND. JUST LIKE YOU'RE DEFENDING YOUR MOTHERLAND IN UKRAINE/ GEORGIA ( caucus mountains )
North korea will handle south korea not china .
South Korea produced conventional weaponry , China produced state of the art weaponry with high technology mostly for own used and few for exports.
China? High tech weaponry? I am laughing so hard
@@sinnopal1 please do , no one will stop you , While US indulge in debts to aids other wars, China spending billions of dollar to create more advance, sophisticated and hi tech armament.
Made in china 😂
Are you talking about those Chinese-made high-tech weapons that even Pakistan, the only pro-China country, has given up on? I heard you won't use it even if it's given to you for free?
@@Panorama-memory You know nothing about China hitech weaponry , go watch "Race to Space" to know more.
Fake news 😅😅😅
CHINA OUTNUMBERED 16 MILITARY FORCES WHICH INCLUDES THE U.S & SOUTH KOREA IN THE KOREAN WAR AND WON. THOSE WHO NOT LEARN FROM HISTORY IS BOUND TO REPEAT IT AGAIN.
No, it didn't. The Chinese and Commie NK attacked the SK then the US-led UN intervention began. Stop lying. It ended in a stalemate. South Korea is way more successful crappy NK.
The title of this video is misleading, for it is a click-bait. But SOKO's chance of exporting more weapons than China might be feasible-although I highly doubt. Eastern Europe and the Middle East have been buying Korean weapons. And the Koreans are fiercely marketing their goods in Africa, where Chinese weapons are dominant. The future of SOKO's arms industry lies on Africa, in which many countries are using Chinese arms except Senegal and a few.
get your facts straight here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_spring_offensive
The tone last more like a loser. South Korea survived in that war and responded well to become a leading industrial countries when China’s ally, North Korea degraded into poorest in the world.
@@weipeng4425 But as China's strength increases, North Korea will also unify South Korea. South Korea is a colony of the United States and has no sovereignty.
What a stupide question. How de F South-Korea gonna out gun china.
China is a big as contry and South-Korea is way smaller.
The worst is if you destroy South-Korea capital where almost all South-Koreans live its over 😆🤣
And todays stupidest question goes to crux. 😏
You mean cheap toys? Those are for handling pirates only.