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The US is selling 5th generation fighters capable of stealth and smart weapons employment. These systems are designed to operate in a peer to peer conflict with modern air defenses such as those operated by the PRC and Russia. The homebuilt Korean fighter is smart weapons capable but cannot operate in such environments. In their minds they don't have to face such threats if they ever decide to go north of the MDL. The business model is to equip their own air force (ROKAF) with some of these airplanes and offer them for sale to countries who who don't need all of the technology and can't afford an F/A-22 or an F-35.
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