<p>아무리 우방국이라도 무기수출은 주변과의 군사적 균형이나 정세도 고려해야 하고, 명목은 우방이지만 계륵 같은 놈(...케밥국?)도 있으니 여러 모로 생각할 게 많습니다.</p><p> </p><p>그러나 앞으로 미국 공군은 무기수출의 부작용보다 "동맹국이 충분한 능력을 갖지 못하는" 부작용을 더 중요하게 여기겠다고 합니다. 이제 암람이 대체될 날도 머지않았지만, 특히 F-35를 운용하는 동맹국은 그에 걸맞는 무장을 보유해야 한다고 보고 있습니다.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://aviationweek.com/shownews/farnborough-airshow/us-air-force-aims-increase-exports-air-air-missiles?utm_rid=CPEN1000001399908&utm_campaign=33760&utm_medium=email&elq2=783164437a4b4666808f1a9903491856&utm_emailname=AW_News_Shownews_Farnborough_20220719&sp_eh=373c43a115f91e648dea2b77dee3fcf49adca461cf2854fb2ca790ded92c0aec" target="_blank" class="ke-link"><span style="color: #006dd7;"><b><span data-ke-size="size23">U.S. Air Force Aims To Increase Exports Of Air-to-Air Missiles</span></b></span></a></p><p> </p><p>The U.S. Air Force is working to shift internal Pentagon thinking on selling advanced air-to-air weapons to allies, saying <b>the worry needs to be <span style="color: #006dd7;">what is the risk if other nations do not have the missiles</span>, not <span style="color: #ee2323;">what is the risk if they do</span></b>.</p><p> </p><p><b>Kelli Seybolt, deputy under secretary of the Air Force for international affairs</b>, told reporters at the Royal International Air Tattoo that although the <b><span style="color: #006dd7;">U.S. is expecting to move away from the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile family soon, there is still international demand</span></b>. <b><span style="color: #006dd7;">This demand should be met</span></b>, because what good is a <b><span style="color: #006dd7;">fifth-generation fighter like the F-35 if it is still carrying fourth-generation missiles that are irrelevant at range</span></b>?</p><p> </p><p>“We’re trying to ensure that every missile that a partner has, their next generation will be better,” Seybolt says. “And we have to work the policy associated with all of that, and we’ve been pretty successful so far, but it’s still something that we have to work on.”</p><p> </p><p>The focus is on both the current high-end systems in the U.S. arsenal and next-generation missiles.</p><p> </p><p>That momentum was shown on July 15 when the U.S. State Department approved a potential $950 million sale of AIM-120D and AIM-120C-8 missiles to Norway. If authorized by Congress, the sale would add Norway to a list of AIM-120D operators that also includes the U.S., Australia, Canada and the UK.</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ee2323;"><span style="color: #000000;">“<b>We have to overcome a culture of<span style="color: #ee2323;"> worrying the technical risk</span> over <span style="color: #006dd7;">the operational risk of partners not having the capability</span></b></span></span>,” Seybolt says. “And I think the best example is <span style="color: #006dd7;"><b>fifth-gen partners with fourth-gen weapons—<span style="color: #000000;">what we need is our partners to have the capability so that when we’re working together in a combined manner</span></b></span>, that the person on your wing can close the kill chain just as you can. That’s just really critical.”</p><p> </p>
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첫댓글 동맹국 군대의 무기가 변변치 않고 사기도 낮아서 제대로 싸우지 못하고 결국 자신에게도 날벼락이 떨어진 경우가 스탈린그라드의 독일군이네요. 루마니아, 헝가리, 이탈리아군이 측면을 지켜주지 못해서...
한국전쟁 당시 한국군도 중국군 표적이 돼 주요 공세를 얻어맞았고요. 그래도 50년~51년 겨울엔 미군도 사이좋게 고전했고, 51년 이후론 현리, 사창리 전투 등에서 무너지긴 했지만 초반처럼 전선이 죄다 무너지고 수 만, 수 십만 단위로 병력을 상실하는 일은 없었네요.
{특히 F-35를 운용하는 동맹국은 그에 걸맞는 무장을 보유해야 한다고 보고 있습니다....}
왕초보에겐 당연한 말로 들립니다.
비싼 첨단 장비는 거기에 걸맞은 무장을 사용할 수 있어야지, 프랱폼으로 폼만 잡아서는...