ROK(South Korea) Armed Forces pics and videos

[Ambassador]

Oh and based on the documentary, the effectiveness is: it stops AK-47 at point-blank range, and it can be bent to fit any parts of the body, including the neck and elbow, though those parts won't be fully protected from AK-47 at point-blank range; only the head, torso, abdomen, legs, arms and other 'straight' areas fully benefit from the armor's protection. The armor is a soft armor, very lightweight.

[calvinb1nav]

Are there any other suppliers of airborne EW platforms aside from the US? FAF, RAF, Luftwaffe, none of them seem to use a dedicated EW aircraft, so I'm guessing Europe doesn't have one. I don't know if IAF's EW are self-made or purchased from the US. We might have to contend with refurbished decade-old Prowlers that will be replaced by Growlers, considering ROKAF's serious budget limitation. I'm not sure the statistics of a full-blown Growler will survive its encounter with the stingy Korean parliament (neither would most existing transport hybrids such as EW Hercules that cost a lot more than Growlers do, I suspect). Or we could go ahead with a new dedicated EW plane design offered by an American company, like the one with Hawker 800, but we can hardly make any predictions along that road.

Yea, the Italians and Israelis (3 different companies no less) make escort jamming pods that can be carried by fighters or mounted on a business jet. I doubt we'll sell the EA-18G to the ROKAF, too many security issues. However, the ROKAF guys I talked to about a ROKAF EW aircraft did express a lot of interest in the Next Generation Jammer that is being developed for the EA-18G and F-35. I'm actually briefing this stuff tomorrow at ADD in Daejeon to an Association of Old Crows meeting.

[Ambassador]

I'll have my fingers crossed until my knuckles grow pale for the great success of your meeting. Somebody has to take the first step for the ROKAF's next evolution, and I bet you'll be the first one.

This aircraft belongs to the Coast Guard. It could serve as a very good base for the modular Italian or Israeli EW equipments.

[Ambassador]

FFK 957 takes part in the reenactment of Battle of Incheon. FFK can dish out massive firepower at close range with two 76mm and three twin 40mm guns, grim reapers for any North Korean surface ship. However, submarines might be a little problem...




other ships:

[Ominae]

Some of the pics here are reposts. Like the gas masks shown above that I can't recall their names anymore.

[Ambassador]

Kadrun probably posted some of them before, but I'm not sure which exact images.

[Ambassador]

DC IngTan Armor:

[Ambassador]

calvinb1nav, do you think there's any hope that LIG Nex1 will be able to develop dedicated EW equipments largely on its own? Here's Jane's description of the ALQ-200K,

The pod-mounted LIG NEX1 (formerly LG Innotek's Systems Division and then NEX1 Future) ALQ-200K E- through J-band radar jammer is designed for tactical aircraft applications (including the KF-16 and RF-4C types) and is targeted against anti-aircraft artillery, surface-to-air missile systems and airborne intercept emitters. It incorporates a transmitter chain, separate 'high-sensitivity' and channelised receivers, a system control unit, a 'jamming resource' package and a cockpit control interface unit. Of these, the ALQ-200K's transmitter chain includes fore and aft beam forming networks and multibeam, phased-array antenna assemblies and is described as offering a 'high' effective radiated power value. The equipment's system controller is reported as offering real-time processing, 'optimised' signal deinterleaving, jamming resource management, automatic built-in test, multi-channel tracking and 'multi-mission' scenario options. The jammer's receiver sub-system makes use of multi-baseline phase comparison direction-finding, while its 'jamming resource' package includes a digital radio frequency memory, a digitally-tuned oscillator, a continuous wave repeater and offers a range of noise, deception and 'complex' jamming modes. ALQ-200K is supported by a maintenance threat simulator and maintenance control analysis, automatic test unit and flight readiness programming stands. Other system features include a 'high-density' signal processing capability and the use of multiple central processing units and 'high-speed' signal processing to optimise jammer management.

I don't understand all those glossary terms in there, but it seems LIG Nex1 experimented with some serious technical stuffs trying to develop that thing. Domestic sources say it's based on the domestic SLQ-200K ESM/ECM, which are used on KDX ships. What do you say we try to develop an independent EW equipment using LIG Nex1 as the frontman, but maybe with a little bit of foreign help for convenience (presumably through Samsung Thales) instead of entirely license-producing them?

SLQ-200K:

[calvinb1nav]

calvinb1nav, do you think there's any hope that LIG Nex1 will be able to develop dedicated EW equipments largely on its own?

I don't understand all those glossary terms in there, but it seems LIG Nex1 experimented with some serious technical stuffs trying to develop that thing. Domestic sources say it's based on the domestic SLQ-200K ESM/ECM, which are used on KDX ships. What do you say we try to develop an independent EW equipment using LIG Nex1 as the frontman, but maybe with a little bit of foreign help for convenience (presumably through Samsung Thales) instead of entirely license-producing them?

If LiG can build this sort of jammer, they could build escort/standoff jammers. As for the meeting I went to, one of the ROKAF officers briefed that the ROKAF should buy a standoff radar jammer and a communications jammer so maybe they are starting to understand what they need to do.

[Ambassador]

If LiG can build this sort of jammer, they could build escort/standoff jammers.

That is good news to hear. I do hope the good economic forecast up ahead will give the Korean government more courage to increase its budget for military R&D. LIG Nex1 has a very good energetic R&D staff but it's not a very big company who has a lot of funding power on its own.

As for the meeting I went to, one of the ROKAF officers briefed that the ROKAF should buy a standoff radar jammer and a communications jammer so maybe they are starting to understand what they need to do.

Thank you for your great work always, calvinb1nav. Until now you have done one of the greatest services for our country.

Btw, do you know what they are trying to do to the KF-16 in this picture?



And there are a lot of pics coming ahead from IDIF 2010... stay tuned.

[briantk]

Btw, do you know what they are trying to do to the KF-16 in this picture?



And there are a lot of pics coming ahead from IDIF 2010... stay tuned.

Some kind of radar experiment, could be experiment on South Korea stealth technology which is radar absorving material (paint and skin).

[calvinb1nav]

Btw, do you know what they are trying to do to the KF-16 in this picture?

Not sure but my guess would be testing the radios or IFF interrogators (bird slicers just in front of the canopy).

[Ambassador]

By bird slicers, do you mean the four protrusions right in front of the canopy?

[Ambassador]

These are LIG Nex1's new radars. The scale models on the left and the middle show the FPS-303K low-altitude surveillance radar. KF-16's AESA radar is on the far right.



calvinb1nav, someone introduced to me the protrusions on F-16's canopy as antennas for internal EW suites. Are they actually IFF interrogators?

Or is it OPSEC to tell?

[briantk]

someone introduced to me the protrusions on F-16's canopy as antennas for internal EW suites. Are they actually IFF interrogators?

Or is it OPSEC to tell?

Those are IFF transponder, I don't know which model but I know it is not AIFF.