Originally Posted by
melmothtw
Also worth noting that the Koreans, which have no industrial drum to beat, selected the A330 MRTT over the KC-46A. When it made its selection in 2015, DAPA noted it had largely chosen the MRTT because of its superior performance - specifically endurance, fuel capacity, personnel and cargo capacity were all cited.
And I imagine if any nation is going to be flying their tankers 'close to the fight' it will be South Korea.
Go figure.
I have no idea what the Koreans' tanker requirements were. None. And I doubt anyone here does. In any event, it would appear that A330 met their requirements better. On the other hand their neighbor, Japan, with many mutual enemies went with KC-46. Different requirements result in different solutions. Go figure.