It also puts Beijing within range, which I think the US is far more worried about--the Chinese get antsy when someone points MRBMs at them.  I don't know why we wouldn't sell SSNs to the ROK Navy, however, though in the environment they operate in, a diesel-electric boat might be better and more efficient.

 

I would hope that the ROKAF would get F-22s if it is decided to export them.  They've been good allies and can be trusted with the Raptor.  And we could certainly use the elite ROK Marines in Afghanistan; they are very, very good.  I'd almost rank them as high as the Gurkhas.

 

Slow, your first sentence is ambigious.  The ROKAF's never operated F-117s; were you trying to say that the ROKAF would like the F-22 to replace the since-withdrawn USAF F-117s that would've been tasked with destroying North Korea's nukes?

 

"Slow, your first sentence is ambigious.  The ROKAF's never operated F-117s; were you trying to say that the ROKAF would like the F-22 to replace the since-withdrawn USAF F-117s that would've been tasked with destroying North Korea's nukes?"

 

 That is hardly his biggest error... there is of course no "US imposed" restriction of any kind on the range of Korean ballistic missiles or nuclear submarines.  That is just more of his idiotic misunderstanding of things.

 

Korea can develop any kind of ballistic missile it wants.  It can also develop nuclear powered submarines if it wants.  The US will not try to stop either.  The US won't sell the technology... but that doesn't prevent Korea from developing it itself.

 

The US used to periodically station F-117s in Korea and actually flew missions across DMZ and into North Korea, the last one being June 2005.

< link > F-117 pilot Michael Driscol remembers his North Korean mission as the most memorable mission in his career.

 

From the accounts, USAF F-117 flew over North Korea several times, one of most infamous one being 15 units flying into North Korea, then diving to let the North Koreans on the ground to know they are there.

It's in Hangul, so I can't read the article.  It's news to me, and I follow developments in the US pretty closely.  It's possible, though.

 

Yeah, a lot of stuff is news to me.  I read Aviation Week, Air Forces Monthly, and Air International, with their combined staffs of thousands, who are probably able to speak every language up to and including Pushtu--but hey, here's a completely unsourced article from a Korean source that proves I know nothing.  From a fanboy who's convinced that the Next Big War is between Korea and Japan.

 

Are you friends with Darth America?

Just hit the *translate* button on the Google toolbar and it translates it very well. I am useing IE8 but I believe IE7 had this button as well. Below is the translation via google.

 

 

 

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My eyes hurt now...

 

I haven't read something that disjointed since a freshman research paper I had last month.