Comments by "Omer عمر" (@Omer1996E.C) on "How South Korea’s Weapons Industry Began" video.

Also add that South Korea had 3 advantages 1, it was a US ally, so, as you've said, there actually were some Ivy league korean graduates working with the south korean military. 2, it was a US ally, so, the US didn't use as much intelligence agents as they had in enemy countries like in Cuba, so secretly making a military project was easier 3, it was a US ally, so, South Korea isn't treated like Egypt, for example, because if Egypt became too strong, it might be an existential threat to Israel, so the US have alot of incentives to punish Egypt if it developed its own military industry. But S.K IS the ally to be protected in the first place, just like Israel, and so the US have low incentives to punish S.K or fear it. South Korea is a different story that can't be replicated in many countries like Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, for example, who also have higher military spendings and capabilities, but mainly bought from the US
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@keomi6228 first of all, the ivy league example was one. There are surely other universities from around the western world. And these are only 3 points I pointed out, and there are surely other points too. Nevertheless, your additional points don't invalidate mine. So thank you for mentioning them And those universities i mentioned them because the US doesn't allow these students, particularly if they where among the best of it, to go to countries like russia or iran, for example, anf there are alot of articles that were released that they are not even allowed to go to much weaker countries like Ethiopia and Nigeria. So, the argument is not about "Ive League," but about the US alliance. And why are you saying "you didn't state the fact...?" Who said that I'm mentioning all the points, advantages, disadvantages, etc... I'm just stating 3 points that I'd like to point out. So, thank you again for the additional points. And Finally, I recognise the fact that any country can develop its own arms industry, albiet much slowly of costly if they're not a US ally, but it's very much possible, and it mostly needs determination and honesty, which Egypt governments lacked since the 19th century. These are very corrupt countries (governments).
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@thesenate8477 indeed, and I already know that, that's why I said "S.K had 3 advantages," because not everyone can be a US ally, or not everyone wants to be for some good reasons. I didn't say that turkey was inferior in military tech, but that the US doesn't easily allow for its brightest students to go to Turkey, like it would for sk or Israel, for example
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@thesenate8477 these are exceptions you mentioned. The US government does actively and forcefully monitor and somehow control those who excell in its educational/intellectual institutions and systems. Those exceptions you mentioned were most likely aided by the states to not intrigue or make the US notice them, or these professionals weren't with dangerous or critical educational experiences, or maybe even not from among the outstanding students it had. Idk what made you think the US doesn't monitor those after all the knowledge we have on the US intelligence services. And I'd already replied that there are other examples of good universities, and Ivy league was just an example I gave.
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