Didn’t the Koreans themselves send or sell some missiles to the UAE like 2 days ago?
SuchCat2130 on
AD is Korea is clearly inadequate. If Iran is capable of taking out a THAAD radar, so is North Korea, let alone China. And there is only one THAAD radar as opposed to several in the Middle East.
There is no such thing as perfect air defense, but this is a massive gap.
Freewhale98 on
1. Summary
The Korean government has expressed its opposition to the transfer of some U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) air defense weapons to the Middle East, President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday, but stressed that the move will not weaken the country’s deterrence against North Korea.
2. How is this related to the sub
(1) Iran war & Pivot to Asia: US military assets in Asia pacific region are headed to Iranian front.
3. My opinion
I understand that in the view of Americans Israel & Gulf monarchies are more important than Korea, Taiwan and Japan because of they are oil suppliers However, being treated as second-tier allies while forced to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars in “investment” and “defense cost-sharing schemes” feels disgusting. I heard USKF are swimming in cash paid by Koreans ( 80% of USKF is paid by Korean taxpayer money ) and they are withdrawing assets.
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Didn’t the Koreans themselves send or sell some missiles to the UAE like 2 days ago?
AD is Korea is clearly inadequate. If Iran is capable of taking out a THAAD radar, so is North Korea, let alone China. And there is only one THAAD radar as opposed to several in the Middle East.
There is no such thing as perfect air defense, but this is a massive gap.
1. Summary
The Korean government has expressed its opposition to the transfer of some U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) air defense weapons to the Middle East, President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday, but stressed that the move will not weaken the country’s deterrence against North Korea.
2. How is this related to the sub
(1) Iran war & Pivot to Asia: US military assets in Asia pacific region are headed to Iranian front.
3. My opinion
I understand that in the view of Americans Israel & Gulf monarchies are more important than Korea, Taiwan and Japan because of they are oil suppliers However, being treated as second-tier allies while forced to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars in “investment” and “defense cost-sharing schemes” feels disgusting. I heard USKF are swimming in cash paid by Koreans ( 80% of USKF is paid by Korean taxpayer money ) and they are withdrawing assets.