South Korea

South Korea is slated to hold yet another joint air defense exercise with the US to further “improve combat readiness” against the North.

Tensions in Asia-Pacific continue to stir up this week, from North Korea’s firing another “warning shots” to Japan employing the MQ-9B

Here are two major events that happened this week in Asia, from Korea’s escalating tensions to the inevitable China-Taiwan war.

Earlier today, South Korea tried to respond by firing their own missile, only to end in frantic alarm and failure.

Out of the light combat aircraft that arose in the last decades, the South Korean FA-50 is currently dominating the global market.

Officials from the US and South Korea conceded that the latter could “easily be dragged” into the crisis if tensions in Taiwan escalate.

Here’s a couple of cool videos of Army helicopters conducting live fire training in South Korea.

South Korean Defense Industry is the leading supplier of weaponry for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.

The US continues to strengthen its alliance with South Korea through the resumption of annual joint military drills in August.

Choe Jin said, “Should the US and its allies opt for military confrontation with us, they would be faced with unprecedented instability security-wise.”

Given North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile technology gains, the lawmaker regarded the acquisition as “acceptable.” He remarked, “It is imperative that the ROKAF [South Korean Air Force] increase its counter-North Korea deterrence capabilities with F-X, as the lack of air power of the ROKAF is expected in the mid-2020s.”

North Korea has fired an unidentified ballistic missile toward the open sea off the east coast of the Korean peninsula this Wednesday, marking the country’s 14th round of weapon tests this year. The test comes amid Biden’s plans to visit the South.