China Asked Korea Not to Sell Jets to Philippines

[Krueger]

Korean made FA-50 Jet Fighter

China asked Korea not to sell FA-50 fighter jets to the Philippines, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Saturday. The daily said Beijing made the request ahead of a summit in Seoul between President Park Geun-hye and Philippines President Benigno Aquino on Oct. 17.

Korea declined, saying it cannot accept "interference" in arms exports, an issue of its national interest, according to the daily.

In their meeting, Park thanked Aquino for Manila’s decision to buy the FA-50 jets and urged a speedy signing of the contract.

A government official here said, "The Philippines is engaged in a territorial dispute with China over the Spratly Islands, and that appears to be why Beijing protested several times through the Chinese Embassy and other channels."

The government has officially denied the Yomiuri report, but officials privately admit it.

"Every time the Korean or Filipino media reported on the FA-50 sale, China reacted sensitively trying to confirm the reports through diplomatic channels," a government source said.

But the official added the sale will go ahead.

The Spratly Islands consist of around 30,000 tiny islands and reefs occupied by China, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines.

China has dispatched Navy ships to the South China Sea to bolster its presence there. The Philippines increased troop presence on the islands late last year and established a separate military command to handle their defense. Manila also recently decided to move some of its naval and air force bases near the South China Sea.

There is speculation that the Philippines is acquiring the FA-50 jets to defend the Spratly Islands.

The FA-50 is a light attack fighter jet based on the T-50 trainer jet. It can handle air-to-air and air-to-ground operations as well as taking on gunboats.

The Philippines is also in talks with Korea to spend US$650 million to purchase Korean-made frigates.

China is also engaged in territorial disputes in the South China Sea with Indonesia and Vietnam, which have either bought or are about to buy Korean weapons.

Indonesia signed deals in 2011 to buy 16 T-50 trainers for $400 million as well as three 1,200-ton submarines.

Vietnam held its first military talks with Korea last year to expand cooperation in the field.

The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - China Asked Korea Not to Sell Jets to Philippines

Dick move China.

Desperate move

 

[Superboy]

F/A-50 lacks DSI style intakes on JF-17. It is not as technologically advanced as JF-17. Also, being two seater, it has a very odd proportion for a combat plane.

 

[GR!FF!N]

Actually F/A-50 is a capable fighter jet in Light Category.

The FA-50 aircraft are equipped with the Link 16 tactical link, Elta Systems EL/M-2032 pulse Doppler radar, radar warning systems and a night vision imagery system.The FA-50 is built to carry a weapon’s payload of 9,920 pounds that includes Boeing’s Joint Direct Attack Munitions and Textron’s CBU-97 Sensor Fused Weapon. In addition, the FA-50 is also fitted with a 20mm cannon and is configured to carry air-to-air missiles.It can also be fitted with AN/APG-79 or SABR AESA Radar.it can be fitted with these weapons---

M61 Vulcan Cannon
AIM-9 Sidewinder
AIM-120
AGM-65 Maverick missile
Hydra 70 and LOGIR rocket launchers
CBU-58 and Mk-20 cluster bombs
Mk-82, −83, and −84 general purpose bombs
Python and Derby missiles
Rafael's Sky Shield or LIG Nex1's ALQ-200K ECM pods, Sniper or LITENING targeting pods, and Condor 2 reconnaissance pods to further improve the fighter's electronic warfare, reconnaissance, and targeting capabilities.
SPICE multifunctional guidance kits
Textron CBU-97/105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon with WCMD tail kits
JDAM and JDAM-ER


thats a nice Light Cheap fighter for a relatively small country.No wonder Philippines will go for it.

 

[tranquilium]

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[tranquilium]

Desperate move

Read over the responses on the first page . The news is fabricated. It has already been rebuked by South Korean government.

 

[Zero_wing]

Oh please if you have nothing good to say shut up Japan past and the present has nothing to do with deal so again how stupid of you to site that!

 

[me_itsme]

Oh please if you have nothing good to say shut up Japan past and the present has nothing to do with deal so again how stupid of you to site that!

Why is it suprising to you. Most of the Chinese in PDF have a very "high" IQ and always keeps it classy.

 

[rockstarIN]

F/A-50 lacks DSI style intakes on JF-17. It is not as technologically advanced as JF-17. Also, being two seater, it has a very odd proportion for a combat plane.

Empty weight and max. take off weight is almost same for A-50 and JF-17.

Both have 7 hard points. In technical parameters, it is as same as JF -17 but have superior weapon systems already integrated with almost same price range $30 million in 2012.

F/A-50 lacks DSI style intakes on JF-17. It is not as technologically advanced as JF-17. Also, being two seater, it has a very odd proportion for a combat plane.

Empty weight and max. take off weight is almost same for A-50 and JF-17.

Both have 7 hard points. In technical parameters, it is as same as JF -17 but have superior weapon systems already integrated with almost same price range $30 million in 2012.

 

[ephone]

History will always repeat itself.

Oh please if you have nothing good to say shut up Japan past and the present has nothing to do with deal so again how stupid of you to site that!

 

[cnleio]

Fake news from Japan media, the S.Korea government had denied it.

 

[Minjitta]

When you grow a brain, you will understand what we are trying to do.

don't needed a brain to figure out what your up to

why would the chinese get worried of few planes ?they have a strong airfoce i think.

They can't handle competition

Japs live by making false reports about China and the two Koreas。

South Korea has come out to repudiate the Jap report：

http://chinese.yonhapnews.co.kr/allheadlines/2013/10/21/0200000000ACK20131021002800881.HTML

Bunch of scumbags。

Should we believe in chinese news

 

[Krueger]

S.Korean government has officially denied the news report but their officials privately admit it. So it wasn't fake.

 

[Zero_wing]

History will always repeat itself.

Ha i think you dont know what you are saying? There is a difference between a situational truth from a universal truth. If history is going to repeat itself then its china not japan because unlike Japan China has not learn anything from history.

 

[bolo]

S. Korea denies report on Chinese pressure over fighter jet sales plan to Philippines

Yonhap News AgencyOctober 21, 2013 07:18

SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Monday denied a news report that China had pressured Seoul not to sell fighter jets to the Philippines amid a territorial dispute between Beijing and the Southeast Asian nation.

The demand was made ahead of last week's summit between South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, but Seoul rejected it, Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun reported Saturday, citing unidentified Seoul officials.

The demand appears to be aimed at isolating the Philippines, which has been at odds with China over a territorial row in the South China Sea, the paper said.

"I have checked this and was told that it is not true and there was no official request from China, or something like that," a presidential official said on the condition of anonymity. The official declined to elaborate.

South Korea and the Philippines have been in negotiations to seal a deal after Manila expressed its desire to purchase Korean-made FA-50 fighter jets. During last week's summit, the two countries also signed a memorandum of understanding calling for greater defense cooperation.

S. Korea denies report on Chinese pressure over fighter jet sales plan to Philippines | GlobalPost

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the ******* Jap started to learn from their puppet master how to fabricate news now. This is dangerous to us!

Well, CCP can't really do amything about it. The Song emperor mentality of current CCP get no respect from weak countries like pilipines, and vietnam. In the 50s-70s, a weak China had more respect from smaller countries than they do now.

 

[StarCraft_ZT]

South Korea presidential house has verified it's a fake news.