KB-1 Gamauji

KB-1 Gamauji
A KB-1 bomber is flying over the South Sea near Jeju Island.
Role	Supersonic Stealth strategic heavy bomber
National origin	The Great Kingdom of Joseon
Manufacturer	Korea Aerospace Industries
First flight	21 August 2022 (2022-08-21)
Introduction	1 January 2023
Status	In service
Primary user	Royal Joseon Air Forces
Produced	2022-
Number built	50 (160 aircraft planned)

Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: 4 (Aircraft Commander, Pilot, Offensive Systems Officer, and Defensive Systems Officer)
• Length: 45 m
• Wingspan: 30 m
• Empty weight: 192,000 lb (87,090 kg)
• Gross weight: 326,000 lb (147,871 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 477,000 lb (216,364 kg)
• Powerplant: 2 × Hanwha Aerospace JT-701 afterburning turbofan engines, 35,020 lbf thrust each dry, 45,780 lbf with afterburner

Performance

• Maximum speed: 2,925 km/h at altitude of 40,000 ft (12,000 m); 2,476 km/h at 200–500 ft (61–152 m)
• Maximum speed: Mach 2.36
• Range: 9,300 km with weapon load of 37,000 lb (16,800 kg). Max range is 11,500 km.
• Combat range: 5,342 km
• Service ceiling: 20,000 m
• Rate of climb: 5,678 ft/min (28.84 m/s)
• Wing loading: 167 lb/sq ft (820 kg/m2)
• Thrust/weight: 0.38 at gross weight

Armament

3 internal bomb bays for 75,000 pounds (34,000 kg) of ordnance. Can carry one of the following combinations.

• Missiles
  • 24 x AGM-158 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)
  • 24 x AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM)
  • 24 x KEPD 350 Taurus Air-launched cruise missile
  • 24 x Cheonryong Air-launched cruise missile
  • 64 x NMM-100 Anti-Ship cruise missile
  • 24 x Hyeon Mu-3E supersonic cruise missile
  • 24 x NGAM
  • 24 x ASM-800K Anti-ship supersonic cruise missile
  • 12 x Hyeon Mu-6 Hypersonic cruise missile
  • 24 x Hyeon Mu-6B Air-to-Ground hypersonic cruise missile
  • 12 x ASM-900K Hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile
  • 24 x ASM-1100K Hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile
  • 24 x ADM-160 MALD Air-launched Active Radar Decoy
  • 24 x AIM-120C/D AMRAAM
  • 24 x KAIM-3 Cheonjeon 3

• Bombs

• • 28 x Mk-82 air inflatable retarder (AIR) general purpose (GP) bombs
  • 28 x Mk-82 low drag general purpose (LDGP) bombs
  • 28 x Mk-62 Quickstrike sea mines
  • 28 x Mk-84 general-purpose bombs
  • 28 x Mk-65 naval mines
  • 28 x CBU-87/89/CBU-97 Cluster Bomb Units (CBU)
  • 12 x CBU-103/104/105 Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD) CBUs
  • 24 x GBU-31 JDAM GPS guided bombs (Mk-84 GP or BLU-109 warhead)
  • 16 x GBU-38 JDAM GPS guided bombs (Mk-82 GP warhead)
  • 28 x GBU-54 LaserJDAM (using rotary launcher mounted multiple ejector racks)
  • 192 x GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb GPS guided bombs
  • 8 x N23 1.2 megatonnes of TNT nuclear bombs or N24 150 kilotons of TNT tactical nuclear bombs

Avionics

• AN/APG-02-B AESA radar
• AN/ALQ-161 radar warning receiver and defensive jamming equipment
• AN/ASQ-02 defensive management system
• AN/AAQ-04 EOTS (Electro-Optical Targeting System)