563 North Korea’s Armament Expansion
Time has entered the end of 1993, and the world has basically shown a peaceful and stable scene. Major wars no longer exist. On the surface, there is no direct conflict between the two big countries. They are still in harmony and beauty. Hello and me.
What a great scene everyone.
On the 1st day of the 11th month, Xinhe City of the Korean Federation had just taken shape. As a unified country of the Korean Federation, it officially began to perform some state functions. The city was almost built in just a few months, and it naturally took a lot of time.
A lot of manpower, material and financial resources. Now the city is basically functioning only with the middle
Several departments of the central government, and not all central ministries of the federal government have begun operations. Only the more core ministries such as the Government Affairs Council, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Finance have officially been put into operation. Other more specific governance powers and functions
, still remains in the governments of the two administrative regions of North Korea and South Korea.
The elected National Assembly of the Korean Federation is actually basically selected based on the members of the original representative bodies of the North and the South. Even if it is not elected by popular vote, the people of both North and South Korea have no opinions. The president is elected by the National Assembly, and the first president of the Korean Federation is elected by the National Assembly.
The first president will be Kim Dae Jung, while Kim Yong Chun will serve as vice president. Due to special circumstances, the Korean Federation does not have the position of prime minister, and the vice president also has a lot of power. He is not just waiting for the president to take over.
The President and Vice President of the Korean Federation must belong to the North and the South respectively. This setup can also be regarded as a decentralization and balancing strategy.
At this stage, the Korean Federation is mainly integrating unified national defense and military forces and a unified diplomatic voice. The detailed handling of national government affairs has not yet been put on the agenda. North and South Korea still take care of their own affairs. In addition, the Korean Federation still needs to manage its financial affairs.
The power is firmly under control, and the distribution ratio is clearly defined with the administrative district's finance. In order to avoid local ownership
Too much financial power creates constraints and constraints on the central government, so Kim Dae-zhong and others tend to collect most of the fiscal revenue from the central government, and then have the central government carry out unified redistribution. Of course, this also requires a clearer and more effective structure of the central government, and also requires
Formulating more complex and complete policies is something that the current grassroots government does not have and needs to be slowly established.
The U.S. troops stationed in South Korea have finally withdrawn. Before leaving, many U.S. troops stationed in Korea destroyed many facilities in their U.S. military bases in order to vent their anger. Because the property rights belong to South Korea, it stands to reason that the Korean Federation should pay
The United States has applied for compensation, and there will probably be lawsuits to fight in the process.
In fiscal year 1994, the Ministry of National Defense of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea compiled a military budget of up to 2 billion U.S. dollars to integrate the resources of the two Koreas and build the defense infrastructure of the Korean Federation. It also purchased a series of important weapons and equipment.
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Unifying the weapons and equipment of the Korean Federal Army is quite troublesome. Under Qi Yiming's instigation, the Korean Federal Ministry of Defense gritted its teeth and believed that it would be better to directly equip new weapons than to modify the existing old weapons. Especially since China is willing to provide
The Korean Federation provides certain technical assistance, which makes North Korea hope to build a small but powerful armed force.
Zhou Yutong, the chief steward of the Shenghua Group, was well aware of the pride of the Korean stickmen, so he specifically tailored a series of weapons and equipment for the Korean federal army using Chinese-style weapons based on the needs of the stickmen.
On the basis of cooperation between China and North Korea, Shenghua's ground vehicle research department redesigned their Kl tank for the Korean Federal Army, developed an almost completely different KIAl main battle tank, and replaced it with a Chinese-style 2m main gun.
It also uses a diesel engine and suspension system produced in China, and then uses additional armor provided by China. As a result, although the KIAl tank is still slightly inferior to the world's first-line tanks such as Nl and Leopard 2, it is generally comparable to that used by China.
Here comes the VT-IA tank which is sold cheaply for export.
For other technologies such as armored vehicles and self-propelled artillery, China has also provided technology to North Korea, which is produced within the scope of the production license. These equipment can basically be regarded as subtypes of Chinese foreign trade weapons customized by North Korea.
Naturally, China does not transfer technology to the Korean Federation in vain, and Qi Yiming will not fatten the Korean Federation to compete with China for meat. The production licenses for these equipment are limited in quantity, and some of the more critical parts and components
, Qi Yiming did not transfer technology to North Korea, but was provided by China. The actual localization of these equipment can reach 60 to 70% at most, but only the remaining %
Thirty or forty years old is an insurmountable obstacle.
In addition, the reason why China agreed to transfer technology to the Korean Federation was because the order volume of the Korean Federation Army was very large. To show its sincerity, China also provided part of the technology transfer.
In addition to the KIAl prototype coming from South Korea, China has also improved their independently developed KIP amphibious tracked combat vehicle for the Korean Federation. The corrected model is KIP2. Since these two types of armored vehicles are originally owned by South Korea, China is not willing to operate them again.
A production line is used to produce these backward gadgets for them, and the components are simply sent to the North Koreans to make them themselves.
The B-wheeled infantry fighting vehicle KAPB6, the wheeled KAPE, and the wheeled KAP6 are all deformed on the basis of the VNIVNElVN- exported by China. If produced by Norinco, there is no need to make too many adjustments to the production line, so it is adopted.
of the Korean Federation.
Norinco will produce more than 30 of the above three types of infantry fighting vehicles for the Korean Federal Army. Together with technology transfer, logistical support and ammunition provision, the total contract value is close to US$1 billion. The reason why the North Korean Ministry of National Defense is willing to order so many infantrymen from China
chariot, because after their calculations, even if
They are domestically produced, and the cost is more expensive than imported from China. They will order a total of more than 156 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles to replace the old armored vehicles. The financial pressure is still very high, so even if the Korean Federation hopes to cultivate its own
Self-produced, but also careful budgeting and blending.
Another type of army equipment that the Koreans have long awaited is the 15m caliber 6x self-propelled artillery. This artillery is extremely powerful and is also one of the most prized equipment in the Chinese Army. They are very interested in it and have visited it many times.
Offer to buy from China.
In the end, Qi Yiming gave in and agreed to let the Korean Federation order one hundred self-propelled artillery pieces designated K9 from China, and transfer K9 production technology to it on a limited basis. Originally, the Koreans were also interested in China's Dragon Ya rocket launchers, Guardian rocket launchers, etc.
I am very interested, but Qi Yiming will not give these things to them. They only sold them some E-loadable 2E-port 6mm self-propelled rocket launchers of different calibers produced by Norinco on a limited basis. Of course, the technology has not been transferred there.
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In order to integrate its unified army, the Korean Federation ordered a large number of weapons from China, even light weapons. Under Qi Yiming's pressure, the Korean Federation Army still adopted the Rmm caliber KR automatic rifle designed by China Norinco. This
This automatic rifle is naturally something that China shamelessly stole from a weapon that has not yet been designed. Its prototype is the XKB bullpup automatic rifle that South Korea did not adopt in the 21st century.
This automatic rifle is comparable in performance to the Chinese Type 21 automatic rifle, but unlike the other dimension, it uses Rmm caliber. A Picatinny rail is attached to the receiver to facilitate the installation of scopes and aiming devices.
There are three types of speed machines to choose from: single shot, three shot burst and fully automatic. In fully automatic mode, this gun will fire at a theoretical rate of fire of approximately 80 rounds per minute.
From a manufacturing point of view, the manufacturing time and complexity of the KR rifle are higher than that of the Type 21 rifle. The cost of self-production by the Korean Federation is also quite high, but the KR does not need to be equipped with millions of units at once like the Chinese 21. At this stage, the North Korean army
We have only ordered 200,000 pieces, preparing to gradually replace the old weapons currently in service.
The Korean Federal Army is also quite generous in its air force purchases. Qi Yiming has determined that the aviation department of Shenghua Group will assist the Korean Federation in developing the T6 Golden Eagle advanced trainer aircraft and at the same time develop a modified light tactical attack aircraft. In the Air Force
Regarding main combat aircraft, the Korean Federation has also finalized the purchase of F9 heavy-duty fighter jets produced in China as the main fighter aircraft that can be matched with the current Fl Xiaolong fighter jets. In addition, the North Koreans also hope to further increase the number of Xiaolong fighter jets.
Most of the old MiG fighters in North Korea will be retired, and some of the main fighters of the South Korean Air Force are not enough to guard the wider airspace, especially since the Korean Federation still has the intention of differentiating itself from Japan, let alone its air force strength.
Lost to the Air Self-Defense Force.
The Korean Federation plans to purchase 40 F9 Shadow Leopard heavy-duty fighters and expand the Fl Xiaolong fleet to 60 aircraft. The new batch of purchased Xiaolongs will be the Xiaolong 30 version produced by Chengdu Aircraft Corporation, using a small AP radar.
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The power of the aircraft has enhanced its multi-purpose capabilities. In fact, North Korea still needs more light fighters, but they are sure that they may be equipped with PA-0 fighters in the future, so they have reduced the number of fighter aircraft imported from China.
In addition, the Ministry of National Defense of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is also very interested in the NTPl+ project being carried out by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Since North Korea is not a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, it may be slower to wait in line for NTB production orders, so in this regard
The issue is still under negotiation.
In addition, the Korean Federal Navy has also ordered 60-ton frigates from China. These four frigates are slightly enlarged modifications of the Chinese Type 05 frigates. They are similar in terms of weapon configuration and combat performance. The Korean Federation calls them Chungmugong Lee.
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Ships. Two of them are produced in China, and two are produced in the Korean Federation after technology transfer. At the same time, the Korean Federation Navy retains the right to continue to make additional orders. Furthermore, the Korean Federation has also ordered Type 2 AIp submarines from the Chinese Armed Forces Shipbuilding Corporation to supplement the fleet.
Underwater fleet.
The Korean Federation's high-profile military reform and equipment replacement naturally attracted the world's attention. The one who felt the most about this incident and had real concerns was Japan. As China continued to strengthen its military expansion and even the Korean Peninsula was unified, Japan maintained its
Chapter completed!