The South Korean KF-21 fighter, an analogue of the Russian light tactical aircraft (LTS) known as Checkmate and the Su-75, was first presented in Lima, Peru, at the SITDEF 2021 arms exhibition. TASS…
The maximum take-off weight of the competitor Checkmate will be 25.6 thousand kilograms, it will be able to reach speeds of up to 2.2 thousand kilometers per hour. Unlike the Su-75, the South Korean aircraft is equipped with two engines with a total thrust of up to 20 thousand kilograms.
In early October, the Defense Development Agency of the Ministry of National Defense of South Korea published a video of the 4 ++ generation KF-21 Boramae (in Korean – Hawk) multi-role fighter taking off, formerly known as the KF-X, taking off. The recording was created using computer graphics, the department explained that it “has nothing to do with a specific weapon system or country.”
In July, Rostec presented LTS at MAKS-21. According to the head of the state corporation Sergei Chemezov, a single-engine tactical fighter will cost from $ 25 to $ 30 million.
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