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TheUrbanMyth
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bucheon bum
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| Your title is wrong. South Korea is the 2nd biggest importer of weapons, not buyer. There is a difference. I have a hunch Russia is still #2, but it buys nearly all its weapons domestically. |
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TheUrbanMyth
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| Your title is wrong. South Korea is the 2nd biggest importer of weapons, not buyer. There is a difference. I have a hunch Russia is still #2, but it buys nearly all its weapons domestically. |
I took my title from the article's.
"Asian states are world's largest arms buyers"
But yes you are correct, they are the second largest importer of weapons |
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fosterman
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| war makes money for weapon suppliers. you will never see this planet war free, to many politicians, private businesses associated with war supply to ever give peace a chance. |
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visitorq
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: South Korea 2nd largest arms buyer in the world. |
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| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/03/201232073910325335.html
Looks like they might be hanging on to Dokdo a bit longer. |
Not that I want to get into that debate, but still gotta point out that Japan spends about double what SK does on military expenditures...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures |
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TheUrbanMyth
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Wildbore
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| Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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Every weapon Korea produces is crap. Daewoo Industries makes a TON of weapons, nobody buys it because it is garbage.
I wish asians had some innovations, but the M16 rifle developed 60 years ago is better than any weapon any asian could event, EVER. So is the lee enfeild, AK-47, SKS, etc.....
Copying stuff = asian success. Inventing stuff = asian failure. |
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Skipperoo
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| Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow. That is just a ten car pile-up of a post. |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Wildbore wrote: |
Every weapon Korea produces is crap. Daewoo Industries makes a TON of weapons, nobody buys it because it is garbage.
I wish asians had some innovations, but the M16 rifle developed 60 years ago is better than any weapon any asian could event, EVER. So is the lee enfeild, AK-47, SKS, etc.....
Copying stuff = asian success. Inventing stuff = asian failure. |
Not sure if I agree with your last sentence but after using the K-2, I'm convinced Korea should go back to the M16 or adopt the AK-101 if it needs to keep the 5.56. I was astounded by how much it jammed during training despite regular maintennance.
I can't say that Korean weapons are crap but they don't go through the same process that American-made weapons do. There's a lot less competition as the military almost always adopts a Korean manufactured weapon system by default. They like to talk up a lot of Korean weapon systems as the best in the world but none of them have been tested in combat. But luckily a lot of our stuff is also imported from more proven companies or augmented by western technology.
They made a big deal out of the K-11 when it came out because it was the first operational OICW type weapon, which is something the Americans "failed" at. But apparently it's chock full of problems. |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
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| Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| fermentation wrote: |
| But apparently it's chock full of problems. |
Back to the drawing board then...where it will be chalk full of problems.
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| The Cosmic Hum wrote: |
| fermentation wrote: |
| But apparently it's chock full of problems. |
Back to the drawing board then...where it will be chalk full of problems.
Bbr |
Damn you and your grasp of the English language. |
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The Cosmic Hum
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| Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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| fermentation wrote: |
| The Cosmic Hum wrote: |
| fermentation wrote: |
| But apparently it's chock full of problems. |
Back to the drawing board then...where it will be chalk full of problems.
Bbr |
Damn you and your grasp of the English language. |
Hey Fermentation,
That wasn't a knock at the language...your usage was perfect.
It was an inside joke with Billybrobby(Bbr)...notoriously funny poster here on Dave's...doesn't post much anymore...if at all.
He ran a thread on Chock full vs Chalk full...as a troll.
It didn't get much traction...but your post jogged my memory on that.
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 2:39 am Post subject: |
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| The Cosmic Hum wrote: |
Hey Fermentation,
That wasn't a knock at the language...your usage was perfect.
It was an inside joke with Billybrobby(Bbr)...notoriously funny poster here on Dave's...doesn't post much anymore...if at all.
He ran a thread on Chock full vs Chalk full...as a troll.
It didn't get much traction...but your post jogged my memory on that.
Cheers |
Ohhh. So I was right! My English skills have been going down hill so I thought I was wrong, but google tells me I was. |
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