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The Double Structure of Digital Sovereignty
Europe’s Departure from Palantir and the Chains of American Big Tech
Kim Kyung-jin, Attorney at Law
This is a record of 2026, when European intelligence agencies and defense ministries began removing analytics tools from America’s Palantir. It covers the replacement decisions made by France’s General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI), Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), and the Netherlands Ministry of Defense; the incident in which US export controls severed an ally’s ac…
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Artificial Intelligence in Horticulture
Kim Kyung-jin, Attorney at Law
Across five chapters and ten sections, this book examines computer vision for crop diagnosis, harvesting robots and autonomous field systems, smart greenhouses and digital twins, precision irrigation and supply-chain quality control, high-throughput phenotyping, and predictive breeding.
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Artificial Intelligence in Food Crop Agriculture
Kim Kyung-jin, Attorney at Law
Across six chapters and eighteen sections, the book examines digital agricultural infrastructure, remote sensing, crop diagnosis, yield forecasting, precision irrigation, genomics, molecular breeding, agricultural robotics, climate-smart agriculture, and global food security.
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The Future of Forestry and Agroforestry
Kim Kyung-jin, Attorney at Law
Driven by Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation
Across five chapters and fifteen sections, the book follows satellites, drones, LiDAR, digital twins, forest-specific language models, wildfire and pest forecasting, forestry robotics, agroforestry, timber traceability, and forest carbon markets.
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Smart Livestock Farming: AI Enters the Barn
Kim Kyung-jin, Attorney at Law
Sensors listen, cameras watch, and artificial intelligence helps farmers decide.
Across five chapters and fifteen sections, the book follows precision livestock farming from animal health and reproduction to robotic milking, virtual fencing, digital twins, methane reduction, welfare, and data ownership.
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Han Dong-hoon, Busan Buk-gu Gap: A Record of the 100 Days Before and After the Election (Mar. 26-Jul. 3, 2026)
Kim Kyung-jin
Table of Contents and 13 sections
From March 26 to July 3, 2026, this record follows the spring after expulsion, the Busan Buk-gu Gap by-election, victory as an independent, and the first bill submitted in the National Assembly.
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Artificial Intelligence and Medicine
Kim Kyung-jin, Attorney at Law
AI in clinical care, hospitals, education, and research
AI in medical imaging, risk prediction, treatment planning, hospital operations, education, and research, with patient safety, privacy, and accountability.
[AI Library] Chapter 26. Sixth-Generation Fighters: Not a Platform, but a System
Chapter 26. Sixth-Generation Fighters: Not a Platform, but a System
6th generation fighter: a system, not a platform On March 21, 2025, an announcement at the White House in Washington D.C. rewrote the history of air combat. The U.S. Air Force selected Boeing as a key manned fighter contractor for the Next Generation Air Superiority (NGAD) program and gave the fighter the name F-47. At that moment, I heard the sound of an era coming to an end. In those days when we were soaked in adrenaline as we made sharp turns to avoid SA-6 missiles over Iraq, aerial combat was a battle of aircraft versus aircraft. Faster engines, sharper turns, radar that sees further. That was it.
But the 6th generation represented by the F-47 makes a mockery of such simple competition. If you ask the definition of a 6th generation fighter, the answer is simple. It's not an 'airplane'. It is a ‘System of Systems’. The U.S. Air Force calls NGAD its “Family of Systems.” Here, the manned fighter jet is just the ‘Cornerstone’ at the center of the family. Surrounding this fighter jet are dozens of Cooperative Fighters (CCA), or unmanned wingmen controlled by AI. Satellites overlook the battlefield, early warning aircraft track enemy movements, and Aegis ships at sea and radars on the ground pour in data.
All these assets are connected like a single neural network. According to the published specifications of the F-47, the combat radius exceeds 1,000 nautical miles (approximately 1,852 kilometers), and the maximum speed is over Mach 2. The operational radius is approximately 25 percent wider than that of the F-22 Raptor. In the vast battlefield called the Pacific, this range is a matter of survival. Relying on tankers exposes vulnerabilities to the enemy. But it's not these numbers that are truly scary. The essence of the F-47 is hidden from view.
Sitting in the cockpit of a 6th generation fighter plane means commanding the battlefield, not just flying the plane. When flying the F-16, I had to look at the radar scope, listen to the RWR (Radar Warning Receiver), listen to my wingman's radio, and put things together in my head. The cognitive load tested the limits of the human brain. If you make a mistake, it means death. But the 6th generation fighter's AI fuses all this data. Thermal images coming down from satellites, information collected by drones on the front lines, detection data from maritime Aegis ships, and patterns of electronic warfare signals. AI is
Match all the pieces to display on the pilot's helmet display: "Enemy plane at 3 o'clock, 120 kilometers, J-20, missile launch with 94 percent hit rate." Stealth technology is also evolving. If the F-22 and F-35 represent ‘5th generation stealth,’ the 6th generation pursues ‘Broadband Stealth.’ Radar uses a variety of frequencies. X-band, S-band, low-frequency radar. Stealth aircraft of the past were invisible only in certain frequency bands. But the sixth-generation fighter aims to disappear like a shadow across all bands. The flying wing shape without vertical tail fins is confirmed in the already released concept drawing.
Detection should also be avoided in the infrared spectrum. Heat emissions from the engine must be minimized and thermal management of the airframe surface must be optimized. The engine is also revolutionary. The Adaptive Cycle Engine changes configuration depending on flight conditions. When supersonic combat maneuvers are required, it produces explosive thrust like a turbojet, and when long-distance cruising is required, it maximizes fuel efficiency like a high-bypass turbofan. Pratt & Whitney and GE Aerospace are each developing engines under the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program.
These engines enable long-range forays into the Pacific theater. The U.S. Air Force said it plans to acquire at least 185 F-47s. This number is enough to replace the F-22 Raptor fleet one-to-one. But real power isn't measured by these numbers alone. The U.S. Air Force plans to acquire more than 1,000 Coordinated Combat Aircraft (CCA). An F-47 enters the battlefield accompanied by four or five CCAs. The pilot simply gives the command, “Clear out Area A.” Then, the AI drones will spread out on their own and ravage the enemy lines. Drones such as General Atomics' YFQ-42A and Anduril's YFQ-44A Fury will take on this role.
China is also not sitting still. In December 2024, China test-flighted two 6th-generation prototypes. These aircraft, called the Chengdu J-36 and Shenyang J-50, are China's answer to America's NGAD. A third tailless stealth aircraft prototype was sighted in August 2025. China is accelerating drone warfare research and training under the direction of President Xi Jinping. Plans are also underway to upgrade the J-20 to a two-seat model so that the pilot sitting in the back seat can take on the role of a combat manager controlling the unmanned aerial vehicles. Europe is also moving.
The UK, Italy and Japan are jointly developing the Tempest under the Global Combat Aviation Program (GCAP). France, Germany, and Spain are pursuing FCAS projects centered on the Next Generation Fighter (NGF). s
Weden also commissioned Saab to study the feasibility of developing a 6th generation fighter in March 2024. The plan is to decide on the successor to the Gripen by 2031. The most fundamental characteristics of the 6th generation fighter aircraft are 'modularity' and 'software focus'. In the past, if you wanted to improve the performance of a fighter jet, you had to ship it to the factory and have it overhauled. However, like a smartphone, the 6th generation combat aircraft integrates new weapons, learns new enemy radar waveforms, and uses new tactics with just a software update.
An aircraft that evolves according to the speed of the battlefield. If the enemy deploys a new air defense system, our fighter jets will also be equipped with countermeasures within a few days. The design that allows switching between manned and unmanned as an option is also a feature of the 6th generation. The same aircraft can carry a pilot or leave it to AI. If it is a dangerous mission that requires entering the middle of the enemy's integrated air defense system, the commander can send the aircraft without a pilot on board. Machines do not suffer G-LOC (gravity-induced loss of consciousness).
It evades missiles with 9G and 10G maneuvers that humans cannot endure, and completes missions without emotional agitation. The conclusion is simple. 6th generation fighters are not ‘lone wolves’ who fight alone. It is the ‘conductor of the orchestra’ that connects and directs all assets on the battlefield. Ace pilots of the past were people who were good at turning the control stick. The aces of the future will be those who creatively command this system. In 2029, when the F-47 takes to the skies, the concept of air combat will have completely changed.
Kim Kyung-jin
Attorney · Former Member of the National Assembly · AI Policy Researcher
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