South Korean Spending On Aircraft Slows

Kim Minseok Bradley Perrett December 15, 2020
Korea Aerospace Industries KF-X fighter aircraft
The first KF-X is scheduled to fly in 2022.
Credit: KAI
Reduced spending on aircraft is contributing to a subdued rate of growth in the South Korean defense budget for 2021, which also has been undermined by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-X fighter program also will consume less of the budget next year. KF-X...
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.

Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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