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[Gondor]

 

[PR19_Kit]

Hmm, it looks just like an F-22. 

And it's a 'Click-Together' kit too, no glue required, AND it's not that expensive by current standards either!

[kerick]

That is a whiff! So cool! I had not heard anything about this aircraft before.

[Captain Canada]

Bizarre. Mini Raptor

[rickshaw]

Hannants list it as a "canard" fighter.  Unless they are using the French meaning of the word, they are mistaken.  It lacks the forward winglets.
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[kerick]

I had to read up on it and there was a canard option during the design stage but dropped. Someone didn't read the whole article.
This is an interesting design and now Poland is interested.

[Nick]

Ooh yes please! 

Could do one in USAF markings and confuse people into thinking it's an F-22 

[Beermonster58]

That is a whiff! So cool! I had not heard anything about this aircraft before.

Neither had I but, it's just another boring, grey jet so I think I will just move on by! 🤔😉

[Old Wombat]

That is a whiff! So cool! I had not heard anything about this aircraft before.

Neither had I but, it's just another boring, grey jet so I think I will just move on by! 🤔😉

Only if that's the way you paint it!

[jcf]

F-22 and F-35 resemblance, a lot of questions still remain about the cost estimates. It will probably be a repeat of the Japanese experience with the Mitsubishi F-2 which ended up costing more than twice than the projected price and far more than the cost an F-16 tailored to JASDF requirements.

[The Wooksta!]

Perhaps, but it keeps Korean taxpayers money in their country, Koreans in jobs paying taxes and spending in their economy, and less reliance on a US that is increasingly an unreliable ally.
Buying American does none of that.

[PR19_Kit]

Pity some of our Government don't think that way..............

[Pellson]

The Poles commettment to korean defence industry is interesting, and one should also remember that they're not the only NATO country to buy Korean - also Norway has bought the SPH's, f.i. It'll be interesting to see where this goes in the longer term.

[NARSES2]

It'll be interesting to see where this goes in the longer term.

Indeed

[jcf]

Perhaps, but it keeps Korean taxpayers money in their country, Koreans in jobs paying taxes and spending in their economy, and less reliance on a US that is increasingly an unreliable ally.
Buying American does none of that.

Lockheed is involved in the project and the US Government allowed the transfer of several F-35 technologies.