Thursday, August 18, 2005

YAY. c div won rugby. so leet =D

bah. lots of work. anyway, today was another LEONG day. before the quotes, check out this article...

A Supersonic Fighter for Just $100?


By Ryu Jin
Staff Reporter


South Korea is to sell supersonic fighters at $100 (101,000 won) per jet. It may be hard to believe, but it’s no lie.

The fighter jets to be sold at such a giveaway price are F-5A/Bs, which are being retired from their 40-year-long service this month.

The Ministry of National Defense and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) said Sunday they considered selling the retired aircraft, which opened the era of supersonic fighters for the Korean Air Force in 1965, to foreign nations including Mexico and Poland.

``We have about 50 F-5A/B fighter jets at the moment, half of which are used for educational and demonstrational purposes. The ministry will consider selling the remaining half to foreign nations at $100 per unit,’’ a KAI official said. ``It’s a nominal price.’’

He hinted that the virtual donation is part of a sales strategy to export KT-1 and T-50 supersonic trainers developed and produced by KAI to the foreign nations. ``We have also sold F-5A/B fighters to the Philippines at $100 each in the past.’’

It is customary for a country to sell outdated military arms at a token cost, a ministry official said. But the source added that the export requires prior consent from the nation that manufactured the weapons. The F-5A/B jets were made in the United States.

South Korea purchased about 120 F-5A/B fighter jets in the late 1960s. They became the mainstay of the Air Force and played a leading role in thwarting espionage agents from North Korea until the 1970s.


jinryu@koreatimes.co.kr

08-15-2005 19:51

man US$100 per aircraft

i'm seriously considering writing in to the ROKAF for an F-5A. after all i have enough cash on me to buy 3...but i have no space to put it. and the gahmen prolly would confiscate it or smth. rah.

oh. LEONG quotes. more more more =D

while poking oli
"i will poke you to die" - LEONG and his bad grammar =p

when asked on what sort of specialization he wants to go into if he takes medicine...
"I want to be a head surgeon" - LEONG. note that he is referring to human head, not the rank head.

"the problem with being a doctor is that other people's lives are ON your hands" - LEONG, grammar 101

while on the NEL MRT, the train always slows down very slowly towards the station, and we were at the end of the train. so when it was moving very slowly, about to stop that time, the doors were still facing the stone walls of the tunnel...
"Eh its a wall! What happens if the door opens and i walk into the wall?" - Ian Lin

haha. oh for those of you who haven't seen yet, The Student's Sketchpad is rather entertaining =D

goodbye

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