Well lets not forget that APA advocated the UK pay for a navalised F-22! Something the USN wasn’t even prepared to do! They also pushed the standard F-22 for the Marine Corps. Or the time they suggested the UK should scrap its Typhoon purchase now and switch to the F-16.

Basically aside from the F-16 flight of fantasy all APA solutions revolve around the F-22.

http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-NOTAM-240209-1.html

I think early Su-27 could do a heck of a lot more then what an early Mig-29 could do when it came to radar modes. The Germans were not impressed with their early Mig-29 radars in comparison to their Phantom and that includes those not upgraded with the AN/APG-65. Then again I believe the Indians were far more favourable of the early Mig-29 radar and I wonder if the German experience was coloured by the fact that their experience at unification was with the big twin seat Phantom.

I believe Serbia moved fairly quickly to place people in Iraq who experience of the market and local knowledge of who best to ask in the Iraqi government.

Yes it shows how little you have done, the RAF moving Australia or the Island of Gan is a myth. There is no evidence of it in the public records office of such event happening. That you believe this silly myth that has spread across the aviation blogosphere is rather unedifying.

So if there is no memo saying Polaris was the reason for CVA01 cancellation and a huge body of evidence stating otherwise we have to believe your hunch? Stroll on! Polaris came out of central budgeting not what was allocated to the navy.

Look I’m wasting my breath, I tried to be respectful of a different opinion all you are clearly interested in is finding a sacrificial lamb to bring up fleet numbers and are making up all sorts of tosh to back your idea.

Well Swerve was probably being a bit strong worded in saying all skills and documentation have been entirely lost but it is fair to say that the skills fade since their last major jet project is certainly true.

You are suggesting a supersonic trainer jet as a logical stepping stone for their industry TooCool_12f. That is rather a stretch going on one rather suspect report! Serbian aviation industry is going through a bit of rebirth thanks to Iraq certainly. With contracts to overhaul and update the avionics on Iraqi Mi-17 and the Lasta-95 Serbian aerospace is getting the hard currency to actually renew itself but lets not get ahead of ourselves! Next step is the Turboprop Lasta-95 derivative the Kobac and they appear to be doing some work on upgrading their Soko G-4 Super Galeb with new avionics, mission computers and flight displays.

Maybe in the future a relaunch of Super Galeb production is on the cards but the LIFT market is saturated as everybody keeps pointing out! Considering the UAE is purchasing the M-346 supersonic trainer they have utterly no need to help develop another one.

As I said it looks like a reporter misinterpreting the details of some general defence trade negotiations between the countries.

Looking at the report I have a hunch this is a classic case if a reporter misunderstanding the details of general defence talks between two countries.

So take with a pinch of salt guys!

Nevertheless Utva is coming leaps and bounds now they have a solid contract for the Lasta-95 and the Turboprop derivative Kobac will start testing next year.

Well sorry John K, as far as I am concerned you are wrong on many levels from thinking that Polaris cost the navy the strike carriers to thinking there isn’t any threat post cold war.

There is and CASD with submarine based ballistic missiles IS cutting our coat according to our cloth. Any other solution is not worth it or waaaaay to expensive!

You are right this is a waste of time…

Time will see but if we keep a nuclear capability it will be CASD with ballistic missiles I assure you.