About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Firearms of Korea, Korean swords, Modern weapons of South Korea, Traditional Korean weapons, KAI T-50 Golden Eagle, K2 Black Panther, Seven-Branched Sword, K1 88-Tank, Korean swordsmanship, Hwacha, K9 Thunder, KAI KT-1, Daewoo K11, Daewoo K2, Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyer, Hyunmoo, Gungdo, K30 Biho, Daewoo K3, Singijeon, Hong Sang Eo, Daewoo K7, Daewoo USAS-12, Hae Sung, Daewoo K5, KSTAM, Korean cannon, Chiron, Hyunmoo-3, Korean spears, Daewoo K4, War wagon, Bonguk geom, Korean fighting fan, Korean Commander's Panoramic Sight, Baek Sang Eo torpedo, Chung Sang Eo torpedo, S&T XK12, KM-SAM, Korean knife, Woldo, Dangpa, Weapons of Kuk Sool Won, Deungpae, Hongyi-po, Hwandudaedo, Jangchang, Hyeopdo, XAV, Gichang, Nangseon, Pyeongon, Jukjangchang, Jedok geom, Chongtong, ATM-72 mine, ATM-74 mine, Saingeom. Excerpt: The T-50 Golden Eagle is a family of South Korean supersonic advanced trainers and multirole fighters, developed by Korea Aerospace Industries beginning in the late 1990s. The T-50 is South Korea's first indigenous supersonic aircraft and one of the world's few supersonic trainers. Currently, KAI is upgrading four T-50 Golden Eagle trainers into prototypes of advanced multirole fighters designated FA-50. The T-50 program was originally intended to develop an indigenous trainer aircraft capable of supersonic flight, to train and prepare pilots for the KF-16 and F-15K, replacing trainers such as T-38 and A-37 that were then in service with the Republic of Korea Air Force. Prior South Korean aircraft programs include the propeller-driven KT-1 basic trainer produced by Daewoo Aerospace (now part of KAI), and license-manufactured KF-16. In general the T-50 series of aircraft closely resembles the KF-16 in configuration. The mother program, code-named KTX-2, began in 1992, but the Ministry of Finance and Econom...