South Korea To Develop Electronic Warfare Aircraft

Baekdu

South Korea's most recent Baekdu signals intelligence-gathering aircraft is based on a Dassault Falcon 2000 business jet.

Credit: Ji Daehyen
SEOUL—South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced plans to develop an electronic warfare aircraft domestically, budgeting KRW1.85 trillion ($1.4 billion) for the program. Four aircraft are expected to be developed and built between 2024 and 2032, DAPA said April 13...
Kim Minseok

Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.

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