South Korea's arms exports set a new record. When did this country start to independently develop weapons?

According to the latest data released by the Korea National Defense Security Cooperation Bureau, the total defense exports of South Korea in the first half of this year reached 206.5 billion US dollars (equivalent to about 654.38+07.36 billion yuan), an increase of 654.38+03% over the same period last year. This country is famous? Local tyrants? Korea. There are two main types of weapons exported this time: the first is fighter planes; The second is tanks and armored vehicles. This can also be seen as a milestone in South Korea's independent research and development of weapons. Since the 1990s, North Korea has been at the forefront of the world's arms export rankings. Although South Korea is inferior to India in many aspects, after all, people have money, so many countries in South Korea still want to buy their weapons. Let me tell you what this country has done in recent years to make them export so many weapons.

T-90 is the first real main battle tank in Korea. Its basic structure includes engine, crawler, car body, turret and fire control system. Is it the first truly self-developed main battle tank in Asia? It is also the first tank exported from China, so it is called? Magic car? 20 12 on August 27th, South Korea successfully manufactured the world's first T-90 tank. This is the second real main battle tank in Korea.

Its biggest highlight is the adoption of a new generation of thermal imaging sight, which can observe the target at a longer distance and detect its target under various detection instruments such as laser rangefinder and infrared thermal imager. It can be said that its performance index exceeds the most advanced T- 14 tank in the former Soviet Union. The biggest highlight of the tank is the use of composite materials, which reduces the weight by 40% to 50%, and has a variety of electronic equipment, weapons and ammunition systems and navigation systems. However, this kind of tank has a disadvantage that it lacks maintenance experience; In addition, because its combat radius is only about 800 kilometers, it often appears in the operations in plateau and desert areas.