Comments on: Preparations for the Great Dokdo War Continue http://rokdrop.com/2007/04/23/the-building-arms-race-in-ne-asia/ Korea From North to South Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:02:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mins0306 http://rokdrop.com/2007/04/23/the-building-arms-race-in-ne-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-29768 mins0306 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:03:58 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/04/23/the-building-arms-race-in-ne-asia/#comment-29768 The sale of Standard SM-2s are nothing out of the ordinary. The ROKN will be launching its first Aegis destroyer next month and two more will follow, which means the ROKN has to buy more Standard missiles in order to arm the three Aegis destroyers. As for the Japanese F-22 purchase, it's not a done deal. The export ban has been enacted by the US Congress on 1998, so before any Japanese F-22 sale can happen the Congress has to vote to lift the ban. However the US is preparing for the eventuality and is working on a downgraded international variant of the F-22. There is no official ROK reaction to a possible Japanese F-22 purchase, but there are some who are calling for the MND and the ROKAF to draw up countermeasures to the Japanese F-22s. One unnamed miliary official has even stated that "the Japanese F-22s will upset the balance of power in NE Asia and that the ROKAF may have to review its future fighter procurement plans" The sale of Standard SM-2s are nothing out of the ordinary. The ROKN will be launching its first Aegis destroyer next month and two more will follow, which means the ROKN has to buy more Standard missiles in order to arm the three Aegis destroyers.

As for the Japanese F-22 purchase, it's not a done deal. The export ban has been enacted by the US Congress on 1998, so before any Japanese F-22 sale can happen the Congress has to vote to lift the ban.

However the US is preparing for the eventuality and is working on a downgraded international variant of the F-22.

There is no official ROK reaction to a possible Japanese F-22 purchase, but there are some who are calling for the MND and the ROKAF to draw up countermeasures to the Japanese F-22s. One unnamed miliary official has even stated that "the Japanese F-22s will upset the balance of power in NE Asia and that the ROKAF may have to review its future fighter procurement plans"

]]> By: Pavlov3 http://rokdrop.com/2007/04/23/the-building-arms-race-in-ne-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-29599 Pavlov3 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:34:35 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/04/23/the-building-arms-race-in-ne-asia/#comment-29599 Then after they finish pummeling each other the evil US will swoop in and grab all that Dokdo gold...er...oil...er pelican poo. Our agricultural industry will be rolling in it for years. Then after they finish pummeling each other the evil US will swoop in and grab all that Dokdo gold…er…oil…er pelican poo. Our agricultural industry will be rolling in it for years.

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