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Troubled KF-X Fighter Program Needs Audit, Say Lawmakers

November 20 2015

South Korea

Legislators in South Korea from both ruling and opposition parties have called on the state auditor to review the domestic KF-X fighter development program, reports the Korea Times.

The US$7.3 billion program is in trouble because the U.S. has refused to transfer four key technologies to Seoul, say the lawmakers.

The KF-X program, which aims to replace aging F-4 and F-5 fighters, suffered a setback in April when Washington told Lockheed Martin it could not transfer the...

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