June 30, 2001 at 5:37 am
As well all know, interceptors are the primary part of the air defense of a nation. In this post, I will put a listing of countries and their air defense aircraft. I am just wondering which countries you think have effective air defense teams, and which countries could use new aircraft or upgrades or whatever.
United States- F-15/F-16/F-14/FA-18
United Kingdom- Tornado/Hawk/Sea Harrier
France- Mirage 2000/Rafale/Super Etendard
Belgium- F-16
Germany- F-4/MiG-29
Finland- FA-18 (maybe other aircraft?)
Sweden- JA-37/JAS-39
Norway- F-16 (maybe F-5?)
Netherlands- F-16
Switzerland- FA-18/F-5
Spain- FA-18/Mirage F-1
Greece- F-4/F-16/Mirage 2000
Turkey- F-4/F-16
Poland- MiG-29
Hungary- MiG-29 (not really sure about that)
Czech Republic- MiG-29/L-159
Slovakia- MiG-29/MiG-21 (not sure again)
Russia- MiG-29/MiG-31/Su-27/Su-30/Su-33/
Ukraine- MiG-29/Su-27/MiG-25/MiG-23
Italy- F-104/Tornado
Libya- MiG-23/MiG-25 (maybe others?)
Egypt- F-16/F-4/Mirage 2000
Israel- F-15/F-16/Kfir/F-4
Saudi Arabia- F-15/Tornado
Kuwait- FA-18/Mirage F-1 (not sure on the Mirage F-1 status)
Iraq- MiG-25/MiG-23/MiG-29/Mirage F-1/MiG-21 (maybe J-7?)
Iran- F-4/F-14/F-5/MiG-29 (possibly others?)
Jordan- Mirage F-1/F-16
Bahrain- F-5/F-16
Qatar- Mirage F-1/Mirage 2000
South Africa- Cheetah
India- MiG-21/MiG-29/Mirage 2000/Sea Harrier
Pakistan- J-7/F-16/Mirage III
Malaysia- FA-18/MiG-29/Hawk
Singapore- F-5/F-16
Taiwan- F-5/F-16/Mirage 2000/F-CK-1
Japan- F-15/F-4
South Korea- F-16/F-5/F-4
North Korea- MiG-21/MiG-23/MiG-29 (not sure)
China- J-7/J-8/J-11
Australia- FA-18
Chile- Mirage 50/F-5
Argentina- Mirage III/Dagger (maybe others?)
Peru- MiG-29/A-37/Su-25 (maybe others?)
Venezuela- F-16 (maybe others)
Brazil- F-5/AMX (maybe others)
Canada- FA-18
Okay, now before I get chewed out for leaving this plane or this country out, please try and understand that I just did this off the top of my head. I didn’t use a book so if I am wrong of missied something or whatever, please post the corrections or whatever. Thanks.