As a Pole, the increasing cooperation between Poland and South Korea fills me with happiness and optimism. Just as Poland, Korea suffered greatly throughout its history. I hope this fact, together with economic and political ties will form a basis for further cooperation between our countries and friendship between our nations.
As a Korean, I agree with you completely. Cooperation between our countries is mutually very beneficial. The deal comprises of manufacturing K9s within Polish borders. This will boost the local economy softening the military expenses. From Korea's perspective, it allows for components to be manufactured in essentially a safe haven if war happens to errupt on the Korean peninsula. Our manufacturing facilities will be prime targets so having factories abroad is also beneficial from a logistical perspective. Another benefit for Poland is that later down the line, they can export these vehicles back to other European countries making the initial purchase more like an investment for Poland to become a military manufacturing hub in Europe. The deal also includes the transfer of technologies - something the US or other European nations would never do. For Korea, it means better access to the market through Poland and therefore more exports. The sharing of skills does not hurt Korea because Korea never really had a market share in the Europoean market so cooperating with Poland to co-enter this market is just a sublime idea. so.. Win-win for both of us!
@@lordfedjoe Poland lost 19% of its entire population in ww2, the manner at which it happened makes it perhaps the most horrific event in Poland's history, yet it's just one of a plethora of terrible events throughout their history. Think before you type.
Don't forget about Finland. Years before the Poles, the Finns contracted and received a healthy number of K9 Thunder 155mm self-propelled helping to make the South Koreans a dominate arms force in the world.
Turkey was the first customer of the K9 Thunder back in 2001 and it was South Korea's first major and largest-ever arms export deal at the time. The Turkish military made the K9 a combat-proven platform for over a decade before other countries started showing interest around the mid-2010s.
May it in Soft Power or Hard Power South Korea is winning it all 🔥. No wonder why I feel like SK is in the Golden age. I hope the Philippines can replicate the current SK in the near future too.
@@MrDreamsnail Yes, I'm so sure the Philippine Government wants to maintain this very good relationship with South Korea for decades to come. Let's work together in creating a better future for Both of our nation. As a Filipino I would like to express my thankfulness to the Defense equipment the Government of South Korea is offering and providing to our Armed Forces.
Interesting to watch this as a Pole working in Samsung in Warsaw. Despite a vastly different culture I feel Koreans are similar to us, we both endured a lot of hardships in the 20th century and emerge into our respective Golden Ages in recent decades. Korea's rise to economic prowess is astounding, I wish Poland can replicate this in the European context. P.S. After visiting Seoul I must say that Korean BBQ is basically the same as Polish BBQ, but instead of soju we drink beer :D
"Korea's rise to economic prowess is astounding..." We are made from the same raw materials as the Japanese but due to our geography we have had a much tougher history. Poland is also cursed by their geography too. Because we are both surrounded by powerful nations any little mistake that either Poland or Korea commits can mean a loss of sovereignty at any given time. Hence, both countries need to ally themselves with powerful countries that are not interested in conquering them and also have excellent defense industries as well. A fruit with a hard and prickly exterior will not get eaten.
Let's go Korea! You are making literally all things, cars, semiconductors, electronics, satellites, steels, jets, tanks, medicine, machines/robots, ships,batteries, food,pop music, tv shows and so on contributing to mankind. Fighting Koreans!
In 🇨🇴 Colombia we have South Korean frigates, Anti-Ship missiles and fighter jets. Colombia sent forces to the Korean War. The South Koreans even help veterans and their relatives aswell as Samsung. Brothers forever 🤝
Considering South Korea's neighborhood with big players like Russia, China, North Korea, and Japan, it makes sense they'd want top-notch weapons. I mean, they're killing it in the computer chips and tech products, so why not in weapons too?
What a silly way for WSJ to end this article by saying Seoul may be overpromising its completion times. Even if they're late, they're still faster than any NATO country. The South Koreans are amazing manufacturing giants.
Part of the reason they've been fast with their deliveries is because the howitzers and tanks that were ordered for the ROK military have been delivered to Poland instead. While their manufacturing is likely faster then Western nations, they're not nearly as fast as people are making it out to be.
Korean War of 1950 still has not ended. Both North & South Korea have been preparing to annihilate each other for the past 70 years and still ongoing. That's why S.Korea still have been actively investing in arms manufacturing. And that's why the rest of the world cannot keep the pace in armament building with Koreas.
@@powerupyo Yeah, up to now, all the deliveries South Koreans have already rendered to European countries were quite faster than the "overpromised" deadlines. I bet WSJ writers will keep witnessing the same phenomena in the upcoming years. Seems that WSJ desks don't have any idea about S. Korea's work ethics and/or their industrial prowess.
As a German I think we can learn a lot about the competitive, dynamic and rapidly evolving Korean arms industry to further grow our own capabilities, industrial base and keep innovating at the cutting edge
This video is pure lies. Korea does technology transfers. They won the Australian IFV over the US and Germany because they're gonna be built in Australia not Korea. They don't buy individual units made in Korea, they buy licensing fees.
German attempts to restrict use of exported German defence equipment reduces your export chances I'm afraid. Also big questions for Germany if France goes it alone with FCAS.
@@dorkanderson4963 You are partially correct. Korea manufactures arms from their own country too, this is why Poland received the first batch of tanks so quickly and another in a few months. In the future though, alot of them will be made domestically using Korea licensing.
If we in the US bought our ships from Korea, we'd get so much more bang for our buck, and could get a fleet of the size that we actually need. We're desperately short of destroyers.
Or just invest in infrastructure and maybe allow allied nations to conduct more maintenance and refits, freeing up dockyard space in the US to build more ships. The ROK and Japan both use Aegis systems on their top-end surface combatants anyways, so it's just a matter of sending a few more people from places like Raytheon or LM to oversee the more expensive parts.
@@mharley3791we realistically could very much use both continued use of current domestic shipbuilding capacity plus foreign outsourced capacity. we need to be able to build ships faster. problem is that would require both more money and more personnel (which then costs more money as incentives to join cost money) than the navy can get right now.
We get way more for our buck selling our own. 1 thing USA will never care about spending is the military. They cut education / space/ infrastructure everything for the military and will do so in the future even if it kills the country. USA is a country that got rich by war, when we feel like we are going down we will start another war take whats theirs and continue to bully the world. Thats how its been and it will be for the next100 years or so.
@Elongated_Muskrat Weapons can be used to attack/response/deffence, though never ever to maintain peace. there's literally no order when those are used, no matter what.
Given the size of South Korea's steel, ship building and electronics industries, all of which are vital for a modern day defense establishment, that is not surprising.
I am Canadian and I am praying the Canada gets the KSS III Block 2 submarine to replace its Victoria class submarines as well as the K2 Black Panther tank to replace the Leopard 2 tanks that Canada donated to Ukraine 🙏🇨🇦🇰🇷
All K9 orders made in Korea: 🇰🇷Republic of Korea Army: 1300 🇵🇱Polish Land Forces: 212 🇪🇬Egyptian Army: 200 🇫🇮Finnish Army: 96 🇪🇪Estonian Land Forces: 36 🇳🇴Norwegian Army: 28
All CV90 orders (made in SWEDEN) Denmark, 45 wagons of CV9035 Mk3, ordered in 2002, delivered 2007-2011 Estonia, 44 wagons of CV9035NL Mk3. Finland, 102 wagons of CV9030FIN Mk2 (57+45), ordered in 1998, delivered 2003-2006 The Netherlands, 192 CV9035NL Mk3 wagons, ordered in 2002, delivered 2007-2011 Norway, 104 wagons of CV9030N Mk1, ordered in 1990, delivered 1994-1996. CV90 Mk3b ordered 2012, delivered 2015-2018. Switzerland, 186 wagons of CV9030 Mk2, ordered in 1998, delivered 2003-2006. Ukraine: Sweden sent 51 wagons of version C
South Korea is one of the strongest allies of the United States and NATO, and South Koreans have never forgotten that they were freed from colonial rule by winning World War II and were helped by the United States and the United Nations in the Korean War.
Koreans have also never forgotten that it was the allied powers that divided Korea into two instead of Japan and also how the US colluded with Japan to colonize the Philippines while Japan raped Korea in 1905, the infamous Gasthra -Taft treaty.
US UN NATO essentially is the reason South Korea is a country right now and they haven't forgotten it. South Korea has been a valuable asset. Their tanks, jets, ammo production has been very valuable to the Free World.
@@dannyzero692 the fact of the matter is very few European countries were a part of the UN coalition that defended South Korea. Even Ethiopia, the Philippines and Turkey send more aid than most other European countries.
South Korea, like the West, is doing an amazing job at Feminism. Women dominate voting that is whey there are bias custody, support, employment and healthcare laws. Notice a women talking about the South Korean military, that should be a mans job. But he is at home unemployed.
Just imagine if North Korea was re-united under South Korea's democratic government and leadership. It would be a significant economic and political power in the world.
Korea has long and rich history indeed. Their DNA is very good. Very competitive if you can take a look at their history for the past 1500 yrs, how they survived from China and Japan.
South Korea is our most powerful allied country militarily. A modern, large economy focused on industrial exports and manufacturing in industries relevant such as shipbuilding and vehicles, and the largest military of our Allies by personnel due to conscription.
The South Korean military later confirmed that one of their missiles failed soon after it was launched and crashed - this was separate to the ones launched with the US. The military also said that the Hyunmoo-2 missile carried a warhead but that it did not explode, and apologised for causing worry.
Israel, and South Korea, are RELIABLE arms suppliers to the Philippines, but, they are NOW, being challenged by India, Indonesia, France, Japan, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey. The GOOD thing about Israeli, and South Korean military equipment are VERY reliable, and COST effective.
As a Korean, I think our histories due to geo-political circumstances are very similar and a sense of compatriotism follows correspondingly despite being on opposite sides of the globe XD
Because South Korea has been preparing factories and workers to produce military arms against threats from North Korea, it is able to deliver military arms to Poland in short time. However, many NATO countries have reduced their capacities to produce military arms due to the long peace after the Cold War. South Korea could take an important part of supply of military arms among the 'free countries' I think.
@@johnnybaum7957 China has increased their navy capability drastically in last few years. I don't think US can keep up that quick tempo. Even USA need international partner and South Korea is a big shipbuilding nation.
The fact is South Korea fought in Korean war without a single tank They literally moved from the third world to first world despite having neither natural resource and locational benefits. This is the most unique case in history.
@@sookyb 한국인이며, 분명 한국 내에서도 이스라엘의 정치적 올바름에 대해 회의적인 여론이 많이 형성되고는 있고, 나의 생각으로는 이스라엘이 기존의 팔레스타인 영토를 90% 되돌려주고, 전쟁배상금을 물어야 한다고 생각하지만, 현실적으로 또는 정치와 군사적인 측면에서 미국과 동맹인 한국이 미국과 동맹인 이스라엘에 반대하는것은 굉장히 이성적이지 못하고 절대 많은 부분에서 합리적이지 않기에 다른 방법이 없다. 지원하지는 않지만 팔레스타인의 인명 피해와 전쟁의 아픔을 위로한다. 한국에서.
My grandfather had to stop the T34s with handgranades as we had zero MBTs. Now after 74 years S Korea is the armory and the peace keeper of the free world.
For the past three decades, South Koreans have called themselves the people of delivery because they are so fast in delivering food orders. But in reality they are super fast in almost everything. There are many things that will take weeks in Western countries but takes just an hour in South Korea. They don't idle away time, they are serious, serious people.
Huge love❤ of this amazing people and the nation of smart hard working with no bs just getting the job done with quality. They literally build everything even space development. This is the country i want to live in the future. ❤ Korea ❤
@@P01tava If you are just referring to one animal - yes. Other animals have suffered a population decrease for a long time. Humans need deforestation for houses, deforestation for roads, deforestation for businesses.
And some people also don't realize that Russia has soundly defeated all of NATO in ukraine, with every nato "wonder weapon" burned up and worthless. Nato and the US has convincingly lost the war in ukraine just as it lost to the taliban in afghanistan shortly before. And BRICS+ is already twice as large economically as the entire collective west and growing ten times faster.
Fear is a great motivator. For Seoul, North Korea's threat is overwhelming. Cold war never ended in this peninsula. Perhaps the Russian military adventurism will have the same effect on Europe. Making them more competitive. Grace ❗
Underwhelming is more likely, lol Yes they have a big army on paper, but they are isolated since 1953 and their weapons are not so modern as the South Korean army. They have no experience in battle and their soldiers are malnourished. If they have the same top down structure as Russia and most likely worse, then they are in a world of hurt. It is a smart move of them to develop nukes, bc that is the only thing what will save them.
During the Korean War, the number of tanks supported by the Soviet Union in North Korea exceeded 600, but the number of tanks in the South Korean army was "0". Probably because they remember how they fought in hand-to-hand combat against tanks in the past.
Korean military have to overcome weather in S.Korea it gets hot during the summer and gets -30 degrees in winter means Korean products will do well in any condition
WSJ reporter appeared to be speaking from within the War Memorial of Korea, a museum about war and warfare. An interesting place to visit when in Seoul.
they have an absolute advantage because they are willing to cede so much of their industry to foreign powers. the US can't do that because of national security reasons.
Another factor S. Korea has globally become famous for is that pop-music or K-pop. People in the whole world now can enjoy, admire, & appreciate the exotic Asian beautiful girls dancing in almost perfect synchronization,,,,,,Anyone agree w/ me?,,,,,,(12/03/23)
Good job South Korea You're not sleep like the rest of the 🌎 on trouble brewing help all like minded countries like you South Korea Is A Force For Good
Fun fact: the Howitzers shown in this video were previously made by Samsung's military division (Samsung Techwin) before Samsung sold their military/defense business to Hanwha in 2014.
Well educated, team work, hard working, always having a sense of danger and a democratic system are the key to the success of Korea in the world. Same in Japan and Taiwan.
No, Not the same in Japan and Taiwan. Japan is ruled by one party for long time. It’s not a democracy in terms of western style. Taiwan is too small. and small PRC. Only democratic country is South Korea in Asia in terms of western style democracy.
@@veritasetscientia6567 You do not know the meaning of dictatorship. Japan is a country that can have a leader who reflects the will of the people. Therefore, it is not a dictatorship. The expression dictatorship is not appropriate for Japan, which has a system that extends the regime if it does well and judges the regime if it does not.
@@defender626 뭔 개소리여. 일본은 전후 70년이상을 대부분 자민당이 정권을 독점해온 나라다. 본질적으로 중국 공산당과 크게 다르지 않아. 중국도 어쨌든 지도자는 일정기간을 채우면 바뀌니까. 일본이 잘하면 정권을 연장하고, 못하면 정권을 심판하는 체제를 갖고 있다는 말은 희대의 개소리다. 일본은 그냥 정치에 무관심한 일본인들을 이용해 정치인을 세습화하고 그런놈들이 모여 70년간 자민당 1당 독재를 해온 독재국가다.
Let's not forgot South Korea also produces many others that could be converted to war time specially since these same companies are the ones making the weapons like Samsung.
Pretty much any industry south korea set its eyes on, expect it to be a leader within a decade, impressive. They just started to heavily invest in other aerospace (satellite internet, space launch / rockets etc..), so can't wait to see what happens with that
2:01 unlike soviet was retreated on europe, south korea is still threaten by the two hostile nation above the DMZ. This is main reason why south korea keep the weapon industries even cold war was ended.
Fast delivery based on industrial capacity is the gateway drug for customers. Then, capabilities, support, and tech transfer help sustain sales momentum worldwide.
Doesn’t revealing the process of making weapons mean there are no more wars? When the entire weapon manufacturing process is revealed, how can the weapon have secret destructive power?
The Ukraine-Russia war emphasized the necessity for more combat vehicles in modern warfare. While missiles, drones and cyber attacks dominate the bigger picture, its the men, tanks, and howitzers that push and conquer the enemy's defense. While nations in Europe focused on decreasing their military budget, Korea did the opposite. Now as tensions rise in Eastern-Europe, Korean weaponry, which is quite decent for its price, became an attractive option for nations with border conflicts.
Poland: I think I should get some weapons...maybe Korean? (Loud panting and huffing sound out the door) Poland: yeah, I have to buy some- (Knocking at the door) Korea: Here, take.
If my country's industry can help other countries arm themselves against tyranny as well, I'm happy to see my country do its part to make the Free World a safer place.
Who is the free world? The tycoon politicians who order wars for oil in the US? Or maybe the narco states who use fear and intimidation to create their world of misoginy and tyrany? Yes keep telling yourself you are doing the world a great favor. After all, people need to be fooled somehow that what they're doing is a good thing.
If the US weapon builders supplied cheaper & reliable army equipment to the Korean army, South Korean weapon developers might not have changed themselves as new weapon suppliers instead of the US, Germany, and France. Until now, most Korean military generals don't have positive eyes on the US weapon systems, which means American weapons are too expensive and need too high maintenance costs. Thus, the defense ministry in Korea had to build a plan that Korea should develop its typical weapons instead of purchasing expensive American weapons. They needed the weapon itself to protect their territories against North Korea & China's intimidations but the US weapon makers sold luxury gold machines that needed big bucks to South Korea. The US weapon makers should modify their development methods and marketing strategy to defend their market share against Korean weapon makers' tracking. Not all pro-America nations can purchase expensive American weapons since many of them don't have enough big defense budgets.
I don't think the US government wants the US to be the sole supplier of military weaponry to its allies. Of course they want the US to be a major supplier, as that means money, but it is also important to have a diverse set of both higher end and lower end equipment, as well as a well distributed supply chain so that there are many redundancies in the military supply chain in case of war.
what is reasonable weapon price? If you don't pay the money, just you don't buy it. That's it. If you can't afford to buy US weapon, then buy Wakanda weapon. Korean weapon industries development is nothing to do with US weapon price.
To be fair. For the west, the thing that change the view of south korea from "Military developer with little export success" and "Military Export Giants" are the Polish MASSIVE contract. For us indonesians. Korea has been and always been a Military Export Giants.
The closing comment is a joke, none of the western arms manufacturers ever come close to deliver anything remotely on time as promised (most actually gone over budget and held customers at gun point to pay more or cancel).
Overpromising? 90% of production is automated. Any overpromising that NATO members have to watch out for is too much reliance on the US and Germany. Poland knows their history and will not wait for the US and Germany to get their act together.
What a ridiculous epilogue! According to the UN stats, South Korea is one of the world's top 3 manufacturing powerhouses. South Koreans produce all kinds of cutting-edge products and their products are top notch including semiconductors, cars, smart phones, OLED panels, electric-vehicles batteries, e-cars, ships, etc. Why not weapons?
Washington doesn't trust S Korea to build nuclear subs and tactical nukes but they want S Korea help. It has to be more equal partnership not treatment as pawn for their own benefit only.
As a Pole, the increasing cooperation between Poland and South Korea fills me with happiness and optimism. Just as Poland, Korea suffered greatly throughout its history. I hope this fact, together with economic and political ties will form a basis for further cooperation between our countries and friendship between our nations.
Russia buys ammunition from North Korea while NATO buys artillery from the south. 😂
As a Korean, I agree with you completely. Cooperation between our countries is mutually very beneficial. The deal comprises of manufacturing K9s within Polish borders. This will boost the local economy softening the military expenses. From Korea's perspective, it allows for components to be manufactured in essentially a safe haven if war happens to errupt on the Korean peninsula. Our manufacturing facilities will be prime targets so having factories abroad is also beneficial from a logistical perspective.
Another benefit for Poland is that later down the line, they can export these vehicles back to other European countries making the initial purchase more like an investment for Poland to become a military manufacturing hub in Europe. The deal also includes the transfer of technologies - something the US or other European nations would never do. For Korea, it means better access to the market through Poland and therefore more exports. The sharing of skills does not hurt Korea because Korea never really had a market share in the Europoean market so cooperating with Poland to co-enter this market is just a sublime idea.
so.. Win-win for both of us!
South Korea and Poland united. May we help each other defeat tyranny and despotism.
Poland suffered? Bro your country is an aggressor over the centuries. Stop claiming victim
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Poland lost 19% of its entire population in ww2, the manner at which it happened makes it perhaps the most horrific event in Poland's history, yet it's just one of a plethora of terrible events throughout their history.
Think before you type.
Don't forget about Finland. Years before the Poles, the Finns contracted and received a healthy number of K9 Thunder 155mm self-propelled helping to make the South Koreans a dominate arms force in the world.
Turkey was the first customer of the K9 Thunder back in 2001 and it was South Korea's first major and largest-ever arms export deal at the time. The Turkish military made the K9 a combat-proven platform for over a decade before other countries started showing interest around the mid-2010s.
Well, unfortunately, the Russian Federation's Armed Forces are turning South Korean weapons sent to Ukraine into useless burning junk.
Finland, Turkiye ♥ - From Seoul
We never forget norway's dirty behavior act for korea.
@@poppinc8145 hello 👋
May it in Soft Power or Hard Power South Korea is winning it all 🔥. No wonder why I feel like SK is in the Golden age. I hope the Philippines can replicate the current SK in the near future too.
Thank you I appreciate the help the Filipino soldiers gave in the Korean War. All the Filipinos I met in Cebu were so warm. I miss Pansit Kanton. 😊
@@MrDreamsnail Yes, I'm so sure the Philippine Government wants to maintain this very good relationship with South Korea for decades to come. Let's work together in creating a better future for Both of our nation. As a Filipino I would like to express my thankfulness to the Defense equipment the Government of South Korea is offering and providing to our Armed Forces.
I wish it was Philippines and SK not Philippines and Japan…:(
Interesting to watch this as a Pole working in Samsung in Warsaw. Despite a vastly different culture I feel Koreans are similar to us, we both endured a lot of hardships in the 20th century and emerge into our respective Golden Ages in recent decades. Korea's rise to economic prowess is astounding, I wish Poland can replicate this in the European context.
P.S. After visiting Seoul I must say that Korean BBQ is basically the same as Polish BBQ, but instead of soju we drink beer :D
Poles have bbq?... 🤣
"Korea's rise to economic prowess is astounding..."
We are made from the same raw materials as the Japanese but due to our geography we have had a much tougher history. Poland is also cursed by their geography too. Because we are both surrounded by powerful nations any little mistake that either Poland or Korea commits can mean a loss of sovereignty at any given time. Hence, both countries need to ally themselves with powerful countries that are not interested in conquering them and also have excellent defense industries as well. A fruit with a hard and prickly exterior will not get eaten.
@@edwardkim8972These Poles like to make all sorts of stuff up.
Poland is getting welfare from Germany to buy South Korean weapons.
Try a soju bomb, but I didn’t like Korean Hite beer.
Long live South Korea - love from Poland.
Bracia dwóch kontynentów ❤
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@@unquietthoughts hi 👋
@@saint_jean hi 👋
Let's go Korea! You are making literally all things, cars, semiconductors, electronics, satellites, steels, jets, tanks, medicine, machines/robots, ships,batteries, food,pop music, tv shows and so on contributing to mankind.
Fighting Koreans!
감사합니다!! 🇰🇷 korea 에서!
한국인이 한국인에게 화이팅 하는건 좀 모냥 빠진다. 자제 하자.
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@Magentaocean source??
In 🇨🇴 Colombia we have South Korean frigates, Anti-Ship missiles and fighter jets. Colombia sent forces to the Korean War. The South Koreans even help veterans and their relatives aswell as Samsung. Brothers forever 🤝
Colombia is the only south american country who fought for south korea in Latin America.
@@choiminsung7077and that’s why South Korea sold frigates for 1 dollar to Columbia
thanks to you brother
Thank colombia❤
We are extremely grateful to Colombia for its commitment.
Considering South Korea's neighborhood with big players like Russia, China, North Korea, and Japan, it makes sense they'd want top-notch weapons. I mean, they're killing it in the computer chips and tech products, so why not in weapons too?
Yeah and because of that, South Korea has become a big player too. Arguably larger and more powerful than Japan
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Мы их размажем. Хоть с чипами, хоть без них. Жалкое корейское хвастовство, и ничего больше.
What a silly way for WSJ to end this article by saying Seoul may be overpromising its completion times. Even if they're late, they're still faster than any NATO country. The South Koreans are amazing manufacturing giants.
Part of the reason they've been fast with their deliveries is because the howitzers and tanks that were ordered for the ROK military have been delivered to Poland instead. While their manufacturing is likely faster then Western nations, they're not nearly as fast as people are making it out to be.
Even sillier is the fact that current deliveries to Poland are *faster* than the "overpromised" deadline.
WSJ should try standup.
its quite obvious early on in the video indicating WSJ has an agenda, posing south korea as a competitive threat to the entire west
Korean War of 1950 still has not ended. Both North & South Korea have been preparing to annihilate each other for the past 70 years and still ongoing. That's why S.Korea still have been actively investing in arms manufacturing. And that's why the rest of the world cannot keep the pace in armament building with Koreas.
@@powerupyo Yeah, up to now, all the deliveries South Koreans have already rendered to European countries were quite faster than the "overpromised" deadlines. I bet WSJ writers will keep witnessing the same phenomena in the upcoming years. Seems that WSJ desks don't have any idea about S. Korea's work ethics and/or their industrial prowess.
A global powerhouse and a force for good ❤Thank you South Korea
Worth saving in 1950.
We should learn a lesson from them…S Korean President Park Geun-hye, (2013-2017) was impeached, convicted, and removed from office for corruption.
@@edwardkim8972If only we united the Koreas in 1950 and not deal with counter invasion by China... we wouldn't have to deal with that lunatic Kim.
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Korean efficiency is amazing. Poland is smart to buy weapon systems from South Korea. Delivery is prompt.
Yeah I can tell Poland leaders are smart and decisive.
@@inhim05I agree with your opinions.
it's not even surprising if you knew that korea has long been top 3 manufacturing countries along with germany and japan.
Koreans can produce military equipment really fast. They can produce semiconductors to shipbuilding industries bases for manufacturing superpower.
Poland❤ Soth Korea
As a German I think we can learn a lot about the competitive, dynamic and rapidly evolving Korean arms industry to further grow our own capabilities, industrial base and keep innovating at the cutting edge
This video is pure lies. Korea does technology transfers. They won the Australian IFV over the US and Germany because they're gonna be built in Australia not Korea. They don't buy individual units made in Korea, they buy licensing fees.
German attempts to restrict use of exported German defence equipment reduces your export chances I'm afraid. Also big questions for Germany if France goes it alone with FCAS.
@@dorkanderson4963 You are partially correct. Korea manufactures arms from their own country too, this is why Poland received the first batch of tanks so quickly and another in a few months. In the future though, alot of them will be made domestically using Korea licensing.
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@@johnnybaum7957 Was a tiny fraction of the order.
If we in the US bought our ships from Korea, we'd get so much more bang for our buck, and could get a fleet of the size that we actually need. We're desperately short of destroyers.
Or just invest in infrastructure and maybe allow allied nations to conduct more maintenance and refits, freeing up dockyard space in the US to build more ships. The ROK and Japan both use Aegis systems on their top-end surface combatants anyways, so it's just a matter of sending a few more people from places like Raytheon or LM to oversee the more expensive parts.
The real issue is the jones act, which prevents foreign ships from operating in the US. There is also a desire to keep the industrial base alive
@@mharley3791we realistically could very much use both continued use of current domestic shipbuilding capacity plus foreign outsourced capacity. we need to be able to build ships faster. problem is that would require both more money and more personnel (which then costs more money as incentives to join cost money) than the navy can get right now.
Bring back the battleships!!!!!!
We get way more for our buck selling our own. 1 thing USA will never care about spending is the military. They cut education / space/ infrastructure everything for the military and will do so in the future even if it kills the country. USA is a country that got rich by war, when we feel like we are going down we will start another war take whats theirs and continue to bully the world. Thats how its been and it will be for the next100 years or so.
I love our South Korean Allies!
Nations quickly learning that regardless of how safe and prosperous they are now, weapons are still needed to maintain peace.
We are at record levels of weapons manufacturing. Not exactly drowning in peace though
@@ff20e03bbc If Costa Rica was located next to China, it would be already part of China
@Elongated_Muskrat Weapons can be used to attack/response/deffence, though never ever to maintain peace. there's literally no order when those are used, no matter what.
Because you can't talk common sense and facts to some group of people particularly MusIims and blacks.
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Given the size of South Korea's steel, ship building and electronics industries, all of which are vital for a modern day defense establishment, that is not surprising.
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And of course the size of South Korean military. SK military is huge, consistently ranking give or take 5th in the world.
I am Canadian and I am praying the Canada gets the KSS III Block 2 submarine to replace its Victoria class submarines as well as the K2 Black Panther tank to replace the Leopard 2 tanks that Canada donated to Ukraine 🙏🇨🇦🇰🇷
*Victoria class submarines
@@mattkennedy6115 Sorry autocorrect
We need nuclear subs as well
Why can’t Canada build their own
@@scottbuckley6578 AIP submarines are much more beneficial!!!
All K9 orders made in Korea:
🇰🇷Republic of Korea Army: 1300
🇵🇱Polish Land Forces: 212
🇪🇬Egyptian Army: 200
🇫🇮Finnish Army: 96
🇪🇪Estonian Land Forces: 36
🇳🇴Norwegian Army: 28
+ India 100 units
+Austrailia 🇦🇺 30
Turkey +++
All CV90 orders (made in SWEDEN)
Denmark, 45 wagons of CV9035 Mk3, ordered in 2002, delivered 2007-2011
Estonia, 44 wagons of CV9035NL Mk3.
Finland, 102 wagons of CV9030FIN Mk2 (57+45), ordered in 1998, delivered 2003-2006
The Netherlands, 192 CV9035NL Mk3 wagons, ordered in 2002, delivered 2007-2011
Norway, 104 wagons of CV9030N Mk1, ordered in 1990, delivered 1994-1996. CV90 Mk3b ordered 2012, delivered 2015-2018.
Switzerland, 186 wagons of CV9030 Mk2, ordered in 1998, delivered 2003-2006.
Ukraine: Sweden sent 51 wagons of version C
Please no more weapons to countries with Peaceful religion. Good list otherwise
South Korea is one of the strongest allies of the United States and NATO, and South Koreans have never forgotten that they were freed from colonial rule by winning World War II and were helped by the United States and the United Nations in the Korean War.
They didn't win WW2 since they were part of Axis as Japanese citizen.
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@@brandonpak2445 hello where are you from?
Koreans have also never forgotten that it was the allied powers that divided Korea into two instead of Japan and also how the US colluded with Japan to colonize the Philippines while Japan raped Korea in 1905, the infamous Gasthra -Taft treaty.
Given the Korean approach to mass, automated production, it is more than likely they will meet their military manufacturing targets.
US UN NATO essentially is the reason South Korea is a country right now and they haven't forgotten it. South Korea has been a valuable asset. Their tanks, jets, ammo production has been very valuable to the Free World.
Not every NATO country was part of the UN coalition in Korea from 1950-53.
@@dannyzero692 the fact of the matter is very few European countries were a part of the UN coalition that defended South Korea. Even Ethiopia, the Philippines and Turkey send more aid than most other European countries.
news: SK is not a NATO member
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@@edwardkim8972 hi 👋
South Korea is doing an amazing job!
South Korea, like the West, is doing an amazing job at Feminism. Women dominate voting that is whey there are bias custody, support, employment and healthcare laws. Notice a women talking about the South Korean military, that should be a mans job. But he is at home unemployed.
Just imagine if North Korea was re-united under South Korea's democratic government and leadership. It would be a significant economic and political power in the world.
It's about time Korea develops militarily to the fore of the world. For thousands of years unfriendly neighbors tried to acquire Korea.
Korea has long and rich history indeed. Their DNA is very good. Very competitive if you can take a look at their history for the past 1500 yrs, how they survived from China and Japan.
South Korea is our most powerful allied country militarily. A modern, large economy focused on industrial exports and manufacturing in industries relevant such as shipbuilding and vehicles, and the largest military of our Allies by personnel due to conscription.
The South Korean military later confirmed that one of their missiles failed soon after it was launched and crashed - this was separate to the ones launched with the US. The military also said that the Hyunmoo-2 missile carried a warhead but that it did not explode, and apologised for causing worry.
sounds like 1930s japan all over again. Building a war based economy will only result in one outcome.
@tiefblau2780 Meanwhile russian missiles casually hitting themselves back for multiple times:
Are you speaking on behalf of the United States, or another ally of South Korea?
@@dritemolawzbks8574I'm assuming NATO.
S Korea reached an agreement in April to lend the US 500,000 155 mm artillery shells.
Israel, and South Korea, are RELIABLE arms suppliers to the Philippines, but, they are NOW, being challenged by India, Indonesia, France, Japan, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey. The GOOD thing about Israeli, and South Korean military equipment are VERY reliable, and COST effective.
Today, Korea signed the more than USD2bil deal with Australia on 'Redback' the fighting tank. Just amazing.
그것은 적자이다 ㅋㅋㅋ 처음수출엔 한국은 이것저것 손해를 보고 판매한다. 폴란드처럼
We support south korea from Philippines citizenry
By this point we can already see that Koreans are Poles of Asia. Love you guys, stay strong, stay awesome!
lol, I love the Poles, but no Korea is far ahead in technological aspect.
Poles can't even build a working toilet, they can clean e'm though 😂
As a Korean, I think our histories due to geo-political circumstances are very similar and a sense of compatriotism follows correspondingly despite being on opposite sides of the globe XD
Incredible production speed, South Korea! 🚀
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@@deemwinch She has 30K subs and is my yoga bae, respect her pls
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Korea factories are a whole nother level
Because South Korea has been preparing factories and workers to produce military arms against threats from North Korea, it is able to deliver military arms to Poland in short time. However, many NATO countries have reduced their capacities to produce military arms due to the long peace after the Cold War. South Korea could take an important part of supply of military arms among the 'free countries' I think.
It's likely they will. They have the capacity and capital to basically beat out other defense manufacturers or newcomers to the industry.
Only Europe has not the USA.
@@johnnybaum7957 China has increased their navy capability drastically in last few years. I don't think US can keep up that quick tempo. Even USA need international partner and South Korea is a big shipbuilding nation.
We South Korea is arming not just to repel the attack from north korea. We are to occupy our northern territory and reunify us Koreans.
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The fact is South Korea fought in Korean war without a single tank
They literally moved from the third world to first world despite having neither natural resource and locational benefits. This is the most unique case in history.
Biggest respect to this beautiful country and it's people
우리는 도망칠 곳이 없습니니다
두가지 선택지만이 있죠.
죽임을 당하거나 살아남아 강해지거나. 한국은 후자고, 살아남았습니다. 도망칠 곳이 없는 사람들은 강해질 수 밖에 없습니다.
@@balmung12341more South Koreans should be supporting Palestine then, and not providing Israel with weapons to commit genocide.
@@sookyb본인은 팔레스타인 독립을 지지하지만, 그것이 이스라엘과 단절해야 하는 이유가 되진 않음. 엄연히 따지면 팔레스타인과 이스라엘에게 이중사기한 영국이 책임지고 해결해야 함
@@sookyb 한국인이며, 분명 한국 내에서도 이스라엘의 정치적 올바름에 대해 회의적인 여론이 많이 형성되고는 있고, 나의 생각으로는 이스라엘이 기존의 팔레스타인 영토를 90% 되돌려주고, 전쟁배상금을 물어야 한다고 생각하지만, 현실적으로 또는 정치와 군사적인 측면에서 미국과 동맹인 한국이 미국과 동맹인 이스라엘에 반대하는것은 굉장히 이성적이지 못하고 절대 많은 부분에서 합리적이지 않기에 다른 방법이 없다. 지원하지는 않지만 팔레스타인의 인명 피해와 전쟁의 아픔을 위로한다. 한국에서.
My grandfather had to stop the T34s with handgranades as we had zero MBTs. Now after 74 years S Korea is the armory and the peace keeper of the free world.
For the past three decades, South Koreans have called themselves the people of delivery because they are so fast in delivering food orders. But in reality they are super fast in almost everything. There are many things that will take weeks in Western countries but takes just an hour in South Korea. They don't idle away time, they are serious, serious people.
You are joking by Korea old country/race name(倍達) from delivery(配達).
It's homophonic.
그배달이 그 배달이 아니란다 급식아
Huge love❤ of this amazing people and the nation of smart hard working with no bs just getting the job done with quality. They literally build everything even space development. This is the country i want to live in the future. ❤ Korea ❤
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I love South Korea so much
People just don’t realize South Korea is economically 60 times larger than North Korea. NATO is 50 times larger than Russia.
People also don't realise that overpopulation is making our species extinct.
@@vsstdtbs3705while SK is suffering from population decreaee: 😐
@@P01tava If you are just referring to one animal - yes. Other animals have suffered a population decrease for a long time. Humans need deforestation for houses, deforestation for roads, deforestation for businesses.
And some people also don't realize that Russia has soundly defeated all of NATO in ukraine, with every nato "wonder weapon" burned up and worthless. Nato and the US has convincingly lost the war in ukraine just as it lost to the taliban in afghanistan shortly before. And BRICS+ is already twice as large economically as the entire collective west and growing ten times faster.
@@P01tava So we'll reunify ourselves.
Impressive South Korea!
Good job South Korea. We need to replenish our arsenal of democracy.
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LOL
The Demokratizator himself has arrived
Hanwha acquired Samsung-Techwin(2014), Daewoo Shipbuilding (2023)
Fear is a great motivator.
For Seoul,
North Korea's threat is overwhelming.
Cold war never ended in this peninsula.
Perhaps the Russian military adventurism will have the same effect on Europe.
Making them more competitive.
Grace ❗
For Poland maybe. Germany and Britain seem to be sitting on their hands
Underwhelming is more likely, lol
Yes they have a big army on paper, but they are isolated since 1953 and their weapons are not so modern as the South Korean army. They have no experience in battle and their soldiers are malnourished. If they have the same top down structure as Russia and most likely worse, then they are in a world of hurt. It is a smart move of them to develop nukes, bc that is the only thing what will save them.
During the Korean War, the number of tanks supported by the Soviet Union in North Korea exceeded 600, but the number of tanks in the South Korean army was "0".
Probably because they remember how they fought in hand-to-hand combat against tanks in the past.
Thank you South Korea
Good to see south korea ramping up its defense industry.
Korean military have to overcome weather in S.Korea it gets hot during the summer and gets -30 degrees in winter means Korean products will do well in any condition
North Korea builds one bootleg sub: “look how powerful we are”
South Korea: “yea that’s cute but….”
WSJ reporter appeared to be speaking from within the War Memorial of Korea, a museum about war and warfare. An interesting place to visit when in Seoul.
they have an absolute advantage because they are willing to cede so much of their industry to foreign powers. the US can't do that because of national security reasons.
Amazing good job South Korea
Long live Poland! from R.O.K
Another factor S. Korea has globally become famous for is that pop-music or K-pop. People in the whole world now can enjoy, admire, & appreciate the exotic Asian beautiful girls dancing in almost perfect synchronization,,,,,,Anyone agree w/ me?,,,,,,(12/03/23)
Good job South Korea You're not sleep like the rest of the 🌎 on trouble brewing help all like minded countries like you South Korea Is A Force For Good
True beasts made from the combination of both soviet and the u.s techs 👍👍
Impressive production.Thanks for sharing
Hanwha Defense is like a combination of Lockheed and BAE Systems.
Fun fact: the Howitzers shown in this video were previously made by Samsung's military division (Samsung Techwin) before Samsung sold their military/defense business to Hanwha in 2014.
nevjerojatna zemlja,nepostoji šta nemogu proizvest i to brzo i kvalitetno
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Well educated, team work, hard working, always having a sense of danger and a democratic system are the key to the success of Korea in the world. Same in Japan and Taiwan.
No, Not the same in Japan and Taiwan. Japan is ruled by one party for long time. It’s not a democracy in terms of western style. Taiwan is too small. and small PRC. Only democratic country is South Korea in Asia in terms of western style democracy.
@@veritasetscientia6567 Only democratic country? You forgot to mention how Korea has lots of corruption within their government
@@veritasetscientia6567 You do not know the meaning of dictatorship. Japan is a country that can have a leader who reflects the will of the people. Therefore, it is not a dictatorship. The expression dictatorship is not appropriate for Japan, which has a system that extends the regime if it does well and judges the regime if it does not.
Not Taiwan. They could never be compared with k or j.
@@defender626 뭔 개소리여. 일본은 전후 70년이상을 대부분 자민당이 정권을 독점해온 나라다. 본질적으로 중국 공산당과 크게 다르지 않아. 중국도 어쨌든 지도자는 일정기간을 채우면 바뀌니까. 일본이 잘하면 정권을 연장하고, 못하면 정권을 심판하는 체제를 갖고 있다는 말은 희대의 개소리다. 일본은 그냥 정치에 무관심한 일본인들을 이용해 정치인을 세습화하고 그런놈들이 모여 70년간 자민당 1당 독재를 해온 독재국가다.
We go Together. ❤
Great job.
South Korea also makes good products.
Let's not forgot South Korea also produces many others that could be converted to war time specially since these same companies are the ones making the weapons like Samsung.
My Daewoo DP-51 Compact is an excellent pistol. Solid. Accurate. Reliable. Extremely well made. Go South Korea!
K9 thunder ⛈️ 👌
I ❤ SK 🇰🇷
Amazing they lower costs through automation. Briliant!
The west should be done underestimating South Korea by now
All of us democracies should work together and have unity.
We are battling evil forces.
Great to see WSJ doing this.
South Korea is going to humiliate both France and Germany at this rate of delivery
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Germany could easily produce lots more, but politicians say no
@@einfachmarvin8793 Than you will remain with the politicians but I don't think anybody will buy them , and certain they will not prevent a war
Those K9s with the Polish flags on the front look absolutely badass! Brothers in arms. #Korea #Polska
And just to let you know, some part of these production is made by Samsung
Pretty much any industry south korea set its eyes on, expect it to be a leader within a decade, impressive. They just started to heavily invest in other aerospace (satellite internet, space launch / rockets etc..), so can't wait to see what happens with that
2:01 unlike soviet was retreated on europe, south korea is still threaten by the two hostile nation above the DMZ. This is main reason why south korea keep the weapon industries even cold war was ended.
Hanwha Aerospace is not a Korean Lockheed Martin but a Korean General Dynamics.
There's nothing South Koreans can't be the best at, look at the music industry.
But it's so stressful being a Korean. Just look at that high suicide rate and low birthrate.
@@edwardkim8972 and how do they make the best chill music in the world?
Fast delivery based on industrial capacity is the gateway drug for customers. Then, capabilities, support, and tech transfer help sustain sales momentum worldwide.
Doesn’t revealing the process of making weapons mean there are no more wars? When the entire weapon manufacturing process is revealed, how can the weapon have secret destructive power?
NATO needs to include Japan and South Korea on the Pacific side.
And Australia.
And Taiwan.
I mean, the "north atlantic" part might be a bit problematic tho 😅
And the Vatican!
@@brunoheggli2888Dem popes will destroy the Russians 😂😂😂
@@JamesL0717 The Swiss Gards will play a major role in the war!Just watch!
The reporter is very well informed!
The Ukraine-Russia war emphasized the necessity for more combat vehicles in modern warfare. While missiles, drones and cyber attacks dominate the bigger picture, its the men, tanks, and howitzers that push and conquer the enemy's defense. While nations in Europe focused on decreasing their military budget, Korea did the opposite. Now as tensions rise in Eastern-Europe, Korean weaponry, which is quite decent for its price, became an attractive option for nations with border conflicts.
You know, Korans entered the car market and now the military car market! Man they love their mobility! XD
Poland: I think I should get some weapons...maybe Korean?
(Loud panting and huffing sound out the door)
Poland: yeah, I have to buy some-
(Knocking at the door)
Korea: Here, take.
Thanks south Kōrea
If my country's industry can help other countries arm themselves against tyranny as well, I'm happy to see my country do its part to make the Free World a safer place.
What If The US completely withdraws it's Military Presence from the Peninsula?
What Would Happened to South Korea?
What Would Happened Next?
@@nikkotan2840 if china and Russia stop helping north Korea then those people will be freed from the dictator Kim's family and breath the free air
It's not hard to imagine what Russia, China, and NK would do if given carte blanche over another independent country.
@@catalindeluxus8545exactly what France does with given by herself carte blanche in Africa?
Who is the free world? The tycoon politicians who order wars for oil in the US? Or maybe the narco states who use fear and intimidation to create their world of misoginy and tyrany? Yes keep telling yourself you are doing the world a great favor. After all, people need to be fooled somehow that what they're doing is a good thing.
If the US weapon builders supplied cheaper & reliable army equipment to the Korean army, South Korean weapon developers might not have changed themselves as new weapon suppliers instead of the US, Germany, and France. Until now, most Korean military generals don't have positive eyes on the US weapon systems, which means American weapons are too expensive and need too high maintenance costs.
Thus, the defense ministry in Korea had to build a plan that Korea should develop its typical weapons instead of purchasing expensive American weapons. They needed the weapon itself to protect their territories against North Korea & China's intimidations but the US weapon makers sold luxury gold machines that needed big bucks to South Korea. The US weapon makers should modify their development methods and marketing strategy to defend their market share against Korean weapon makers' tracking. Not all pro-America nations can purchase expensive American weapons since many of them don't have enough big defense budgets.
I don't think the US government wants the US to be the sole supplier of military weaponry to its allies. Of course they want the US to be a major supplier, as that means money, but it is also important to have a diverse set of both higher end and lower end equipment, as well as a well distributed supply chain so that there are many redundancies in the military supply chain in case of war.
what is reasonable weapon price?
If you don't pay the money, just you don't buy it. That's it.
If you can't afford to buy US weapon, then buy Wakanda weapon.
Korean weapon industries development is nothing to do with US weapon price.
Ppali Ppali is the masterkey for all the questions.
I am hoping for peace in the Korean peninsula. But portraying power helps that peace sadly.
They are for sure making some cool stuff that said as a Swed I do prefer our own things. Do wish we made as much things as we used to :/
Korean peninsula is becoming World's weapon bay, both South and North. South Korea for the blue team and North for the red.
Korea will be united like Vietnam 🇻🇳 and Germany 🇩🇪.
니가뭔데 통일을 한건말건 코쟁이 생큉가
I want to know who built that badass crane that lifted that section of the ship.
Samsung or Hyundai of course. 😂
One from Sweden, called Tears of Malmoe
To be fair. For the west, the thing that change the view of south korea from "Military developer with little export success" and "Military Export Giants" are the Polish MASSIVE contract. For us indonesians. Korea has been and always been a Military Export Giants.
The closing comment is a joke, none of the western arms manufacturers ever come close to deliver anything remotely on time as promised (most actually gone over budget and held customers at gun point to pay more or cancel).
Overpromising? 90% of production is automated. Any overpromising that NATO members have to watch out for is too much reliance on the US and Germany. Poland knows their history and will not wait for the US and Germany to get their act together.
Perfect
What a ridiculous epilogue! According to the UN stats, South Korea is one of the world's top 3 manufacturing powerhouses. South Koreans produce all kinds of cutting-edge products and their products are top notch including semiconductors, cars, smart phones, OLED panels, electric-vehicles batteries, e-cars, ships, etc. Why not weapons?
They're already partners in space development
Washington doesn't trust S Korea to build nuclear subs and tactical nukes but they want S Korea help. It has to be more equal partnership not treatment as pawn for their own benefit only.