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Called an analogue of the Russian Su-75 Checkmate fighter, the South Korean KF-21 for the first time reached supersonic speed

Called an analogue of the Russian Su-75 Checkmate fighter, the South Korean KF-21 for the first time reached supersonic speedSouth Korea continues work on the creation of the latest fighter KF-21 Boramae, named analogue and competitor of the Russian Su-75 Checkmate fighter. To date, developers from the aircraft manufacturing corporation KAI (Korean Aerospace Industries) are in the flight test phase, which involve three prototypes.

Made the first flight at the end of July 2022 of the year, fighter KF-21 Boramae for the first time reached supersonic speed, it happened during a test flight 17 January 2023 of the year. As stated in the administration of the defense procurement program (DAPA), the achievement of the prototype of supersonic speed means the completion of one of the key stages of testing. However, it is planned to complete the tests by February. 2026 of the year, in total, six prototypes will be involved in them.

Aircraft testing, like the previous ones, were held at the factory airfield of the KAI Corporation (Korean Aerospace Industries) Sacheon in Jinju city. The first prototype of the fighter took to the skies and spent it in the air 56 minutes, reaching speed 1 Maha or 1224 km / h and at altitudes 12 000 m.

South Korean fighter KF-21 Boramae belongs to the generation 4++. With a maximum takeoff weight of 25 600 kg it can carry 7700 kg payload per 10 suspension points. stated, that the fighter will receive a radar with AFAR and will be produced in both a single-seat, and double versions. To date, it is positioned as an analogue and competitor of the single-engine fifth-generation fighter Su-75 Checkmate being developed in Russia..

Although it is claimed, that work on the KF-21 started in 2016 year, was first announced in 2001, and Indonesia joined the program in 2010. planned, that by the beginning of the 2030s, the Republic of Korea Air Force will receive about 120 KF-21 Boramae fighters. New fighters will replace the outdated F-4 Phantom II and F-5 Freedom Fighter / Tiger II.

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