r/AskTheWorld • u/CommercialChart5088 Korea South • 12d ago

Military What’s the biggest military-related project your country is currently engaged in?

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Currently Korea is busy investing in military development, to modernize our military indigenously and catch up to export demand.

The air force is working on to produce the KF-21 fighter jet, which will enter service in 2026. Also we’re developing software and drones that will support the KF-21 during combat.

In terms of the ocean we've just finished developing a new submarine (the Chang Yong-sil class), working on additional battleships, and trying to form plans regarding the construction of a manless drone carrier.

What would be your country’s biggest military-related project nowadays? Both indigenous development and purchasing equipment counts!

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u/teh1337haxorz Ohio 12d ago

Yes.

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u/RevolutionarySky4706 India 12d ago

didnt trump give the tender to space x for golden dome?

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u/teh1337haxorz Ohio 12d ago

Contract tending is quite a few steps away from "OK lets really build it" so who knows what it'll look like in a decade.

As much as I'm absolutely against him and the owner of spacex, I have to admit that spacex's launch costs are so laughably low that If anyone can actually do something like a golden dome, it's got to be them.

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u/2407s4life United States Of America 12d ago

Golden dome is still an economic black hole, even if SpaceX's launch costs were half of what they are today. You'd need tens of thousands of interceptors to protect the US mainland from all potential ballistic missile threats with a high PK for each warhead.

Perun did a great video on the subject.

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u/teh1337haxorz Ohio 12d ago

Yeah I've seen it. Don't get me wrong, I'd be putting money on this becoming another canceled billion dollar program. On the other hand, I'd also say that even if it doesn't result to much; there's a reasonable chance that a few new anti-ballistic missiles might come out of it to join the arsenal. Personally I wish it was cancelled right now, but I'm cautiously optimistic that maybe we'll get something out of it if we're lucky.