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Text 563 North Korea¡¯s arms expansion

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    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.  Good 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.  At present, only a few departments of the central government are basically operating in the city, and not all central ministries of the federal government have begun to operate. 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 are officially operational.  Other more specific administrative powers and functions are still retained in the governments of the two administrative regions of North Korea and South Korea.

    The elected Korean Federal Congress is actually basically selected based on the members of the original representative bodies of the two countries. Even if it does not pass popular elections, neither the people of North Korea nor South Korea have any opinions.  The president is elected by the National Assembly. The first president of the Korean Federation will be Kim Dae-jung, while Kim Yong-chun will serve as the vice president.  Because of the special situation, 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 Federation of Korea 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.  Furthermore, the Korean Federation still needs to firmly control its financial power and establish a good distribution ratio with the administrative region's finances.  In order to prevent local governments from having too much financial power and constraining the central government, Jin Dazhong and others tended to collect most of the fiscal revenue from the central government and then have the central government redistribute it uniformly.  Of course, this also requires the central government's structure to be clearer and more effective, and it also requires the formulation of more complex and complete policies. This is something that the current grass-roots government does not have and needs to be slowly established.

    The US troops stationed in South Korea have finally withdrawn. Before leaving, many US troops stationed in South Korea destroyed many facilities in their US military bases in order to vent their anger.  Because the property rights belong to South Korea, it is natural that the Korean Federation should apply for compensation to the United States. There is probably still a lawsuit to be fought 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.  .

    Unifying the weapons and equipment of the Korean Federal Army is quite troublesome. Under Qi Yiming's instigation, the Korean Federal Ministry of National Defense gritted its teeth and believed that it would be better to directly equip new weapons than to modify the existing old weapons.  In particular, China is willing to provide certain technical assistance to the Korean Federation, 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 Goryeo sticks, 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 sticks.

    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 the VT-IA tank that China uses for cheap exports.

    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 China's foreign trade weapons customized by North Korea.

    Naturally, China does not transfer technology to the Korean Federation in vain, and Qi Yiming will not enrich the Korean Federation to compete with China for meat.  The production licenses for these equipment are limited in quantity, and Qi Yiming did not transfer the technology to North Korea for some of the more critical parts and components, but was provided by China.  The actual localization of these equipment can reach 60 to 70% at most, but the remaining 30 to 40% 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, and the corrected model is KIP2.  Since these two types of armored vehicles were originally owned by South Korea, China was not willing to open another production line for them to produce these backward things, so it simply sent the parts to the North Koreans to make them themselves.

    And the B-wheeled infantry fighting vehicle KAPB6 wheeledKAPE's wheeled KAP6 are all deformed on the basis of the VNIVNElVN- exported by China. Norinco does not need to make much adjustments to the production line, so it took the order from 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, logistics support and ammunition supply, 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 infantry fighting vehicles from China is because according to their calculations, even if they are domestically produced, the cost is more expensive than importing from China. They will order a total of more than 156 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles.  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 production, it will be careful and make adjustments.

    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 allow the Korean Federation to order one hundred self-propelled artillery pieces designated K9 from China and transfer K9 production technology to it on a limited basis.  Originally, the North Koreans were very interested in China's Dragon Ya rocket launchers, Guardian rocket launchers, etc., but Qi Yiming refused to give them to them. He only sold them some E-reloadable 2E ports produced by Norinco on a limited basis.  6mm self-propelled rocket launchers of different calibers.  The technology certainly hasn't transferred over either.

    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 adopted the Rmm caliber KR automatic rifle designed by China Norinco.  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 the Rmm caliber.  The receiver is equipped with a Picatinny rail for easy 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, the 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  Only 200,000 weapons were ordered 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.  As for the main battle aircraft of the Air Force, the Korean Federation has also finalized the purchase of the F9 heavy fighter produced in China as the main fighter aircraft that is matched with the current Fl Xiaolong.  In addition, the North Koreans also hope to further increase the number of Xiaolong fighters.

    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.  , and has stronger power and enhanced 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 jets they import 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  issues are 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.  Shun Chen class frigate.  Two of them were produced in China, and two were produced in the Korean Federation after technology transfer.  At the same time, the Korean Federal Navy reserves the right to continue to place additional orders.  Furthermore, the Korean Federation has also ordered Type 2 AIp submarines from China Wuchang to enrich its underwater fleet.

    The Korean Federation has carried out military reforms and equipment replacements with great fanfare, which naturally attracts the world's attention.  The one who feels the most deeply about this incident and has real concerns is Japan.  As China continues to strengthen and even unify the Korean Peninsula and expand its armaments, Japan has maintained a peaceful line for decades, and finally wavered.
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