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	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)