الصوره تعود الي مشروع دمج صاروخ توروس kepd 350 بمقاتلات كوريا الجنوبيه اف - 15كي بعد ان رفضت الأداره الأمريكيه بيع كوريا الجنوبيه صاروخ jassm ووجود مشاكل في تركيب هذا الصاروخ علي مقاتلات الأف-15 ، لذلك اتجهت كوريا الجنوبيه الي شراء صاروخ توروس الأوروبيه ومولت عمليه دمجه في مقاتلات الأف-15 كي المطوره عن الأف-15 اي.
سلاح الجو الأمريكي لن يستعمل صاروخ توروس الأوروبي علي مقاتلاته.
April 4/13: Cruise missiles. The rokaf has taken about 5 years (q.v. May 18/11, april 25/08 entries), but they appear to have picked their long-range cruise missile: Taurus’ kepd 350, with an expected order of 200 weapons. An rokaf officer is quoted as saying that they “urgently need more long-range air-to-surface missiles due to the mounting nuclear threat and the increasing possibility of provocations from north korea.”
it was clear from the outset that the rokaf was looking beyond the 40 or so boeing agm-84k sdlam-er missiles in its arsenal, with particular interest in lockheed martin’s agm-158 jassm/jassm-er. Unfortunately, the current administration has made it difficult for south korea to join australia as a jassm export customer. Parliamentary defence committee member kim kwan-jin is quoted as saying that:
“u.s. Missiles were one of the options we were considering, but because it is difficult for them to be sold to korea, the only option we have is the taurus.”
chalk up another “own goal” for american weapons export processes and administration – though jassm reportedly had some carriage issues with the f-15se and f-15k (vid. Nov 5/12 entry). The kepd 350 is currently integrated with the tornado and f/a-18 hornet, is partially integrated with saab’s jas-39 gripen, and is expected to be integrated with the eurofighter by 2015 or so. The rokaf will have to fund additional integration and testing on its own, in order to use the new missile with its f-15ks and f-16s.
Technically, the rokaf could have ordered mbda’s storm shadow and paid for its integration instead. The thing is, it’s more expensive to buy, thanks to an added level of stealth that isn’t really helpful against north korea. Storm shadow also lacks the kepd 350′s void sensing fuze, which is especially useful against the multi-level bunkers so beloved of north korea’s tyranny. The kepd 350′s 500 km/ 310 mile range matches or exceeds the storm shadow’s, and almost doubles the slam-er’s reach. Chosun ilbo | reuters.
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