Comments by "Thetequilashooter1" (@Thetequilashooter1) on "Meet Korea's New Fighter Jet - The KF-21" video.

Congrats South Korea and Lockheed for building a beautiful beast!
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@yumyumlol-o7r Don’t try to minimize Lockheed’s help. Lockheed Martin agreed to transfer two dozen F-35A technologies to help create the fighter, technology that South Korea didn’t have in hand. The KF-21 program is supported by American titan Lockheed Martin, which is supplying the program with a number of design consultancy components. The staggering list of imported systems, along with numerous industrial-grade tools and consultancy to rely on for technical developments, includes everything from brake pads to flight controls systems, LRUs, landing gear, avionics, canopies, oxygen generators, radar, engines, ejection seats, and even the aircraft’s software management system. As part of a purchase agreement, Lockheed Martin consented to transfer two dozen F-35A technologies.
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@yumyumlol-o7r I tried sending you some technology that was transferred but the post bombed. Search Top 8 facts about South Korean KF 21 Fighter jet: Specification, Partnerships, Weapons, and capacity, and you can see for yourself. I am not making anything up. You’re just not giving credit where it’s due.
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@yumyumlol-o7r From the source that I cited earlier, The KF-21 program is supported by American titan Lockheed Martin, which is supplying the program with a number of design consultancy components. The staggering list of imported systems, along with numerous industrial-grade tools and consultancy to rely on for technical developments, includes everything from brake pads to flight controls systems, LRUs, landing gear, avionics, canopies, oxygen generators, radar, engines, ejection seats, and even the aircraft’s software management system.
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@yumyumlol-o7r What you don’t think being an advisory and providing consultation is helpful? A large number of export controlled technologies were still transferred. There was some that wasn’t permitted, but the list is still long. Be reasonable. Has South Korea ever built a fighter of this caliber before? No. Do just a little research and you’ll find that South Korea possessed only 65% of the necessary technology to produce the KF-X. And where do you think the biggest component of the fighter comes from, the engine? It’s a US GE F414 engine. This means that South Korea cannot export the fighter to any country without US approval.
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@yumyumlol-o7r The original baseline F414 originated in the US around 30 years ago. South Korea had absolutely no involvement with creating it. It’s the original, and without US assistance South Korea never could have it in the KF-21. The Gripen also uses it, and the US can control their sales since it has US technology in it. Sure South Korea might have helped with some improvements to its model, but without US assistance it never would have happened in the first place. Some partnerships do include tech transfers and some others don’t. Put it this way, both China and Russia would have loved to have received the technology and assistance that Lockheed provided to South Korea. The 65% figure is accurate. You just can’t handle the truth and give proper credit where it is due. Do just a little research before denying things. You’ll also find that Lockheed Martin offered to provide 21 technologies required to build the KF-X fighter jet as part of F-X III offset deals. The source specifically states, The US aircraft giant was also selected as the main partner to build KF-X with Korea Aerospace Industries. Being a partner is much more than just providing advice. When I read ungrateful comments like yours it makes me question why the US helps your country. You need to give credit to people who deserve it, and stop thinking that your country could have made the fighter without foreign assistance.
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@yumyumlol-o7r This quote pretty much sums up the arrangement to build it: The KF-21 is not 100% domestically developed either. The engine, which accounts for roughly 15% of the aircraft’s total price, is by the US-based company General Electric. Around 65% of the KF-21 prototype was produced with domestic components. Strictly speaking, the KF-21 is not an “independently developed Korean fighter plane,” but a fighter plane whose development was spearheaded by Korea. You’re correct about the parts, but you’re continuing to not give proper credit isn’t right.
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@yumyumlol-o7r But it’s still the same basic model. Without it you wouldn’t have the newest model. Seriously, do you think for an instant that South Korea could build a jet fighter on its own with nearly the same performance criteria? The US has been making get fighter engines for around 70 years. That’s not know how that South Korea will learn overnight. Just look at China as an example. They tried for decades to reverse engineer Russian jet engines, but they failed over and over again.
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@yumyumlol-o7r Can the USA sell the F-35 to any country that it wants to as long as it has the necessary internal approvals? Yes. The same goes for the Eurofighter. Can the consortium sell it to whomever it wants? Yes. Now that is being independent. Can South Korea sell the KF-21 to another foreign country without US approval? No, it would violate ITAR regulations. The KF-21 would not be the plane that it is today without Lockheed’s help.
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@yumyumlol-o7r I brought up China because it tried to reverse engineer Russian jet engines, but even with the engines in hand it still struggled because it didn’t have the underlying technology or equipment to build it to the same specifications. Lockheed did transfer some technologies, just not everything that was planned. From Jet Line Marvel, As part of a purchase agreement, Lockheed Martin consented to transfer two dozen F-35A technologies. Four crucial technologies, AESA radar, infrared search and track (IRST), electro-optical targeting pod (EO TGP), and radio frequency identification (RFID), were, however, prohibited from export by the US government. Think what you want, it doesn’t matter. We’re going in circles and we’re wasting time. You can finish with the last words. Bye.
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@yumyumlol-o7r Wrong. Do you have a reading comprehension problem? Lockheed transferred 20 technologies, four less than it requested. Why are you denying the truth? The information is readily available and well known. Lockheed Martin not only provided advice, but technology and even tooling equipment. I don’t know how else to get you to understand. This isn’t made up, and it’s very easy to find this information. This information is in numerous websites, but you continue to live in denial. I am done here. I simply don’t have any more time for this foolishness.
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