In 2022, the ROK armed forces will have a total strength of 3.75 million, with 650,000 active and 3.1 million reserve. Large scale, excellent equipment.
First, the comparison of the Korean and Russian armies.
The South Korean Army consists of the Army Command, Aviation Command and Special Operations Command, and has nine armies, 36 divisions and about 460,000 soldiers. Up to 5,850 tanks and armored vehicles, 11,337 artillery systems, 7,032 missile defense systems and 13,000 infantry information systems. Moreover, unlike the Russian army - the South Korean Army does not have a "division to brigade", its basic unit of combat is the field army-division model. The South Korean Army has more than 2,600 tanks, of which more than 1,700 are the more advanced K1 and K2 main battle tanks. The K2 tank is one of the most advanced main battle tanks in the world. At 8.3 billion won ($8.5 million), the K2 is the most expensive MBT in the world.
In addition, the South Korean Army has more than 600 helicopters, the vast majority of which are American.
Among them, more than a hundred powerful longbow Apache!
Last year, South Korea spent 400 billion won to upgrade its Apache helicopters, equipping them with the most advanced fire-control radar.
In contrast to the Russian army: as we all know, after the reform of the Shoigu Army in 2013, the total strength of the Russian Army is only 350,000 people, and, just this, there are about 180,000 conscripts, whose service period is only one year, and they cannot go abroad to fight.
The Russian Army can really go abroad to fight volunteers and officers, a total of only a few hundred thousand people - many people in our country, the mention of the Russian army on the two eyes, confused that this is the world in 2023, the cognitive level is still stuck in the 1980s and 1990s!
This time on the Ukrainian front, the hardest hard bones to chew were all laid down by Russian Wagner mercenaries.
The Russian regular army generally has a weak will to fight. Moreover, the Russian army's logistics have always been poor. The failure of the siege of Kiev in early March last year was very important because the Russian army could not keep up with the logistics, even the most important ammunition and cotton clothes. Knitting.
Second, naval comparison
The South Korean Navy has more than 170 ships and more than 70 naval aircraft. Among its 12 destroyers, six are Yi Sun-Shin, three are Gwanggaeto King and three are Sejong King.
The South Korean Navy's Yi Sun-shin class destroyers are excellent in performance. The ship displaces more than 5,500 tons at full load, and its endurance is increased to more than 10,000 kilometers. The ship adopts a stealth design to reduce the radar reflector surface and can carry two Lynx helicopters.
Its vertical launch system has 64 pits and can launch anti-submarine and anti-aircraft missiles.
The performance of the "King Sejong" class destroyers has further reached the world's advanced level, and its firepower and tonnage are even stronger than the Burke class of the US army.
The destroyer displaces 11,000 tons at full load and has a power output of more than 100,000 horsepower.
Its most prominent highlight is that it is equipped with AN/SPY-1 3D phase array radar common to Western Aegis destroyers such as Burke class and Moyer class, making it a shield ship and greatly improving its air defense capability.
The weapon system of the "King Sejong" class destroyers is quite fierce these days.
The first three ships retained the 21 Sea Ram short-range anti-aircraft missiles of the Yi Sun-Shin class, and were also equipped with four groups of four-mounted Sea Star anti-ship missiles.
The ship's missile vertical crater reached 128 units!
In contrast to the Russian military: the current surface main force of the Russian Navy is still composed of ships built in the last century, the core of which is the aircraft carrier Kuznetsov.
The problem is that this carrier has been in service for almost 30 years and it is still powered by steam turbines!! What a piece of shit! The point is because Russia can't afford it!
In 2017, the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier was ordered to go to the Syrian battlefield for the first time.
On the way, when being escorted to the English Channel by warships of the British Royal Navy, the aircraft carrier gave off thick black smoke for no reason, and was accused by the British of polluting the environment! And then there were a few big accidents, it can be said that it is too old!
The famous cruiser "Moskva" is already at the bottom of the sea, everyone knows that. The Black Sea Fleet is dead! How about the Ukraine? The Korean Navy? I'll kill you.
Third, the air force comparison
The Korean Air Force has 169 F-16 fighters, and 134 of them have been upgraded to F16V, that is, the combat capability of f16v is no problem.
There are also 69 F-15s and 60 FA-50s.
These are almost three generations of American-made machines or four generations of self-developed machines, and their combat performance is quite excellent.
In addition, the ROK Air Force has 40 F-35A fighters that have been delivered, which is of great significance for the ROK Air Force to improve its penetration capability.
Moreover, South Korea is an industrial country. Strong economic strength. It has Daewoo Marine, Hanjin Heavy Industries, Hyundai Heavy Industries and other large enterprises with certain scientific and technological strength.
Economic strength and military strength is much stronger than Russia!
As for Russia's so-called "space army", its performance in this Russian-Ukrainian war is obvious to all. The name of the tall, actual combat five slag!
Short of money, the Russian army had to let the Soviet 34 carry iron bombs to the Ukrainian army's head to throw bombs, and the result was several individual missiles.
At this level, the Korean Air Force can only be abused!
Conclusion: South Korea can bully Russia regardless of army, navy or air force!