South Korea's Current Status of FMS

Abstract

South Korea has been threatened by North Korea and surrounded by powerful countries since the Korean War in 1950~1953. One resource that maintains South Korea?s security is the strong alliance with the U.S. The primary function of the alliance has been Foreign Military Sales (FMS). As the world circumstances change, South Korea may need more self-reliant defense power that can maintain its security with its own authority. This thesis looks at where South Korea stands on FMS from the U.S, considering its economy, technology development, military expenditure, and dispute condition using Multiple Regression model. South Korea?s current FMS trade amount is compared to the amount predicted by the regression model using data from 2001~2005. The result shows that South Korea imports weapon system through FMS from the U.S much more than is predicted multiple regression model. This means that South Korea is very dependent on the FMS for importing its weapon system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA469895

Entities

People

  • Hyoungill Moon

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Data Analysis
  • Economic Development
  • Employment
  • Foreign Military Sales
  • Foreign Relations
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Treaties

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  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Strategic Security Studies