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Despite South Korea’s reputation as a technological powerhouse within Asia, the country has not fielded any stealth fighters — until now.

By Choi Soo-hyang SACHEON, South Korea, March 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will showcase a prototype of the country's first indigenous fighter jet in April, the arms procurement agency has said. Jung Kwang-sun, heading the KF-X program at the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, said the planned rollout event will be a "landmark moment" for the country and the aerospace industry. "After working only with the blueprint so far, we will now have something we can actually see and test whether what we have been studying actually works," Jung told reporters at the Korea Aerospace Industrie...

Posted : 2021-03-01 14:45 Updated : 2021-03-02 10:08 The first prototype of South Korea's indigenously developed next generation fighter jet KF-X is being assembled at the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) headquarters in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, Feb. 24. Courtesy of Defense Acquisition Program Administration By Jung Da-min SACHEON, South Gyeongsang Province ― South Korea is set to roll out the first prototype of its indigenously developed next-generation fighter jet, widely known as the Korean Fighter eXperimental (KF-X) aircraft, late next month. A total of six prototypes are...

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South Korea in final stage of assembling first prototype of indigenous fighter jet