South Korean KF-21 fighter, an analogue of a Russian light tactical aircraft (LTS), known as Checkmate (Shah and Mat “) and SU-75, first introduced in Lima, Peru, at the Arms Exhibition SITDEF 2021. Reported by the correspondent TASS.
Maximum take-off weight of a competitor CHECKMATE will be 25.6 thousand kilograms, he will be able to develop speed up to 2.2 thousand kilometers per hour. Unlike SU-75, the South Korean aircraft is equipped with two engines with a general burden of up to 20 thousand kilograms.
In early October, the Defense Defense Agency of the Ministry of National Defense of South Korea published a video with the “take-off” Multifunctional KF-21 Fighter Boramae (translated from Korean – “Hawk”) of a 4 ++ generation previously known as KF-X. The entry was created using computer graphics, the department explained that she “has nothing to do with a specific weapon system or country.”
In July, Rostech presented LTS at MAKS-21. According to the head of the state corporation Sergei Chezisov, a single-engine tactical fighter will cost from 25 to 30 million dollars.