I doubt the RAF has any appetite for untestet aircraft. 10 on order are fine, but that is quite different to off the shelf solutions with thousands of service hours under their belt. In 5 years it may become a serious contender. Remains to be seen when the UK finds the money to fund a new MPA.

It’s not like other aircraft are looking exactly like what has been proposed they could look like at this time frame!

If I look at comparable programmes (read Super Hornet and Rafale) they look quite a bit closer to what has been proposed. Fact remains tons of money has been thrown into the black whole EADS. Nothing new I guess. Wherever they are involved they just take the money and deliver unfinished trash in return. NH 90, Tiger, A-400M, Eurofighter. Even when there is a fix price contract, they have the nerve to demand more money to deliver an under spec mentainance hog.

If we include paperplanes I go with the Boeing quad tiltrotor: [ATTACH=CONFIG]218594[/ATTACH]

Otherwise, An-22 ftw. [ATTACH=CONFIG]218595[/ATTACH]

300 Su-35
300 JF-17
50 Il-78
50 Ka-52
50 Mi-28
12 A-50 AWACS.
200 T-50.

Your fleet is not nuke capable. I propose to fix that and add dozens of Tu-160 or in case ramp space is insuffient at least some Bulawa missiles in underground bunkers.

This is a quite massive order I would guess when 2/3rds of the fast Jet pilots will fly mostly training aircraft. About how many airframes are we talking here ? And how is this all going to be organized ?
A central training center for all those pilots or a number of trainers attached to each 2nd tier fighther squadron ?
While T-50 and M346 are obviously the most capable candidates, I would guess T-50 wins technical evaluation and then get’s thrown out for some bogus reason.
M346, Hawk et al are a bit expansive, I would think. The motivation behind all this is to reduce costs, right ? My bet is either M346 in partnership with RSAF or PC-21 on cost grounds.

why is tejas not on the list? it will have the same engine as the gripen ng and also an aesa radar just like the gripen ng.

Gripen C and JF-17 are operational, and both are available for export.
Given the attrition rate of Indian MiG-21 I would assume domestic demand is priority over exports for Tejas. IAF needs MK II yesterday.

And for what scenario are they planning ? WW 3 ? While I would love to have between 6-12 C-17 operated by Germany to replace Salis at some point in the future, I fear we have no money for such luxuries.