https://defence-blog.com/philippines-looks-to-buy-kf-21-fighter-jets/>The Philippines is discussing further fighter jet purchases with South Korea’s KAI, per a South China Morning Post report.>Talks follow the 2025 Seoul Aerospace Exhibition, where KAI showcased the KF-21 Boramae.>The event (Oct 19–23 at Seoul Air Base) featured a KF-21 demo by the ROK Air Force, attended by a Philippine delegation.>“Their combat experience is a key selling point,” said KAI’s Park Seonhee to This Week in Asia. “The Philippine Air Force operates FA-50s and recently ordered more; we’re committed to supporting them.”>The 4.5-gen KF-21, rivaling China’s J-10 and FC-31, enters service in 2026. KAI markets it as affordable for Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.>KAI also displayed the FA-50, KUH-1 Surion, and Light Armed Helicopter. It delivered 12 FA-50s to the Philippines since 2014; 12 upgraded units were ordered this year.>“We maintain over 85% readiness,” said ex-ROKAF colonel Daeseo Park, now with KAI. “Your FA-50 is always combat-ready.”>Analyst Vincent Kyle Parada told This Week in Asia: “South Korean gear is reliable, cheaper than Western options, and proximity enables strong after-sales support, including tech transfers.”What gives?
seamonkey retardation
Will be perfectly adequate for bombing some jungle insurgents.
>>64464493If that's your only use case, then why not buy something cheaper and proven?
>>64464494Worst Korea will give very favorable terms. Also possibly bribes.
>>64464494They've already bought additional FA-50 for that
It's genuinely so scuffed
>>64464472implessive
>>64464472>The 4.5-gen KF-21>4.5 genBWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>64464526Obsessed
>>64464472>rivaling China’s J-10 and FC-31The FC-31 is a prototype
>>64464526Just shooting from the hip here, but, won't those recesses become a huge radar reflector once the missile is fired and it's left empty?
They've gone the full Peru routeTheir navy (the real one, not hand me downs) are all K-pop and their jet trainers are also all K-popTheir decision making is too slow that even the Gripen line now has 150+ orders from both Ukraine and SwedenForget the F-16V line, they'd be far back into the queue and won't get their shit until 2030 assuming the nignogs working there won't strikeThey have no balls going up against China and will most likely just use their fighter jets to bomb Muslim separatists, ceremonial fly-bys and escorting whomever is in charge as a show of forceOrange Man should have talked to their leader in Malaysia while the DEI hire should have flown to Manila and forced them to up their military expenditures to 2% or more
philippines loves talking and meeting, not buyingtheir politicians would rather buy luxury cars, mansions, overseas properties in first world countries rather than improve their military so china won't kick them in the nuts too muchthey also have a significant pro-china population down south who are all in with the brics mindset
>>64464577>philippines loves talking and meeting, not buyingFlips are not Indonesians
>>64464568Everything else about the plane is already non-stealthy
>>64464617Indonesians sign contracts for F-15s, old J-10s, Rafales, Yurofighters, slavshitPinoys are stuck picking between the Gripen, KF-21 and the Viper for a measly 20-40 aircraft (12 in reality because their politicians and generals have pocketed the rest of the budget)
>>64464472Wow, they haven't even bought them yet and we already got chinkoids and malayshits seething about it.
>>64464472South Korea has to make them first.
>>64464867>Indonesians sign contracts for F-15s, old J-10s, Rafales, Yurofighters, slavshitIf only they can afford all of that shits.>>64464938It's been flying for years already.
>>64465854>If only they can afford all of that shits.They can unlike the Philippines who are still in beg mode
>>64465854Now maintaining them is another story.
>>64466286>They can unlike the Philippines who are still in beg modehttps://en.tempo.co/read/2061504/russia-says-indonesias-purchase-of-11-sukhoi-su-35-jets-remains-delayed
>>64465854>It's been flying for years already.Yes, all 2 of the 3 prototypes.
>>64464472How did worst korea develop domestic jet engine manufacturing capability? That's the hard part, right?
Should have gone for Gripens and F-35BsKT-1 for basic bitch trainer and FA-50 for jet trainerSaab AEW&Cs and whichever KC-tanker they can afford
