S. Korea’s New Stealth Fighter Design

[Don Jaguar]

Check out these pictures that Steve Trimble snapped of the latest stealth fighter design to hit the international market. They pics show Korean Aircraft Industries’ proposed stealthy next-gen fighter that was unveiled at the Seoul Air Show this week. South Korea plans to field the plane, dubbed KF-X, in the next nine years as a replacement for it’s Vietnam War-era F-4 Phantom IIs and F-5E Tiger IIs. Going from fighters that first flew in the late 1950s and 1960s to a stealthy design resembling a twin-engine F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, as Trimble puts it, is quite the leap. In addition to KAI, Eurofighter is also bidding a design for KF-X. In an example of how stealth fighters will be all over the place by the 2020s, Indonesia is already a partner in the program and F-35-buyer Turkey may join the KF-X effort soon. Seoul wants the KF-X to carry locally developed air-to-air missiles, guided bombs and anti-ship missiles. That’s right, a new fleet of stealth jets with new weapons in just nine years.

Keep in mind that South Korea is also looking at buying 40 to 60 Sukhoi PAK FAs, F-35s or F-15SE Silent Eagles under its F-X program which is supposed to kick off next year.

Click here for more info on the jet.

http://defensetech.org/2011/10/21/s-koreas-new-stealth-fighter-design/

 

[SpArK]

Looks like a twin engined F-35. That means F-35 is going to win F-X program too.

 

[Skull and Bones]

Doesn't it resemble Japanese Shin-Shin to a great extent?

 

[Kompromat]

Isn't what you call an F-22 Rip off ? , btw AMCA looks similar too.

 

[Don Jaguar]

To me it looks like F-35 haven't ate anything since 1 week.

 

[jha]

EF has also proposed a new fighter design for this....

BTW here is a forecast from CASSIDIAN...

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

More like a 4.5th gen fighter.

 

[Tshering22]

Wonder how the external stores would actually inhibit radar signatures.

 

[rcrmj]

S.Korea cannot independently develop a 4th gen (F-16, Su-27, J-10 or Mirage-2000) fighter yet so I dont think this project is feasible..

 

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

I would rather believe Iran is going to make a 5th gen fighter by next week.
Why dont they just buy the russian 5th gen fighter???

 

[Raftar]

I would rather believe Iran is going to make a 5th gen fighter by next week.
Why dont they just buy the russian 5th gen fighter???

Really????
thats a great news any source link????

 

[Luftwaffe]

Pretty obvious the design is a spin off and more then similar to F-16 and F-35

 

[rcrmj]

I would rather believe Iran is going to make a 5th gen fighter by next week.
Why dont they just buy the russian 5th gen fighter???

politically and logistically they cant``since they are americans ally, and all of their defence logistic systems are all using american or Nato's standerds, besides russia wouldnt want america to know too much details of their 5th gen fighter whether good or bad`

 

[ptldM3]

S.Korea cannot independently develop a 4th gen (F-16, Su-27, J-10 or Mirage-2000) fighter yet so I dont think this project is feasible..

It does not need to be independently developed South Korea has worked with Lockheed before. Engines can be purchased from abroad and foreign input can always be utilized if the South Koreans wish. The South Koreans have a very good semiconductor industry as well a strong industrial industry both are considered to be very good (Samsung, Hyundai, ect) , this means the South Koreans have the companies to do subcontracting work both in avionics as well as in general structural components.

 

[SQ8]

EF has also proposed a new fighter design for this....

BTW here is a forecast from CASSIDIAN...

Surprise Surprise.. The poor Rafale is shown disappearing from any export graphs.