South Korea has made news several times in the last few weeks as it has publicly announced upgrades to its force structure, as belligerent rhetoric from Pyongyang has continued. Most recently, South Korea selected the Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar, an active electronically scanned array radar system, for its fleet of KF-16C/D Block 52 fighters, announced Raytheon. The sale, subject to the US government’s final definition, calls for the delivery of 134 AESA units starting in late 2016, according to the company’s April 10 release. “This win ensures the Republic of Korea’s KF-16 combat aircraft remain relevant in a constantly evolving threat environment,” said Rick Yuse, president of Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems. Earlier this month, the Pentagon disclosed the potential sale of either F-35As or F-15 Silent Eagle fighters to South Korea.
The future U.S. bomber force could provide a way for the Pentagon to simultaneously deter conflict with peer adversaries in two geographically disparate theaters, said Mark Gunzinger, the director of future concepts and capability assessments at AFA's Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, during a March 21 event. But doing so…