South Korea Offering 60 KAI T-50s To UAE, Report Says

T-50
T-50s operated by South Korea's Black Eagles aerobatics team.
Credit: Chen Chuanren
SEOUL/SINGAPORE—Following the landmark KM-SAM Cheongung Block II surface-to-air missile deal with the United Arab Emirates, South Korea is now reportedly offering Korea Aerospace Industries T-50 advanced jet trainers to the Middle Eastern country. A deal could be worth as much as $4.5 billion...
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.

Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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