South Korean Marine Corps drills. Wikimedia Commons/Republic of Korea Armed Forces
DNYUZ/New York Times: They’re Exporting Billions in Arms. Just Not to Ukraine.
CHANGWON, South Korea — A year after Russia invaded Ukraine, the war has spurred a global effort to produce more missiles, tanks, artillery shells and other munitions. And few countries have moved as quickly as South Korea to increase output.
Last year, South Korea’s arms exports rose 140 percent to a record $17.3 billion, including deals worth $12.4 billion to sell tanks, howitzers, fighter jets and multiple rocket launchers to Poland, one of Ukraine’s closest allies.
But as South Korea expands weapons sales globally, it has refused to send lethal assistance to Ukraine itself. Instead, it has focused on filling the world’s rearmament gap while resisting any direct role in arming Ukraine, imposing strict export control rules on all its sales.
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WNU Editor: South Korea wants customers who pay. Sending arms to Ukraine means only two things. You are giving it to them for free, or it will be paid at some date in the far future.
Here is a good article from 6 years ago that predicted the rise of South Korea as a major arms exporter .... South Korea: Arms Dealer to the World? (National Interest).
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South Korea is the culturally dominant country in Asia. South Korean movies, TV and music are by far the most popular. They have the best modern military and a top industrial base. Good for them that they have the national common sense not to forfeit billions of dollars in materiel to corrupt nations.
Sending ammo to Ukraine would help the cause of South Korean independence. They should not go negative profitwise, but if Russia is weaker then North Korea is weaker.
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- Highly Qualified Transportation secretary, who is just right for the job, because he has sartorial sense.
Maybe also has something to do with aircrew security/safety. I remember back in 2014 reading how russia was texting UR soldiers and their families threatening them. With a base hometown location on aircraft they could figure out who is out of town and figure out who they and their families are and conduct some psychological warfare. Removing the obvious markings could help reduce that threat possibly.
Chinese general warns of nuclear risk to US
Jonathan Watts in Beijing
Fri 15 Jul 2005 19.04 EDT
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2005/jul/16/china.jonathanwatts
The Problem is the CCP/Soviet Axis
South Koreans are some of the toughest people I have encountered. Their military used to be top notch. They also are practically expert at reverse engineering items. Much of their weapons systems are copies of American Japanese and other designs. The item will do practically the same job, but a much lower price.
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