Just read what I wrote in the qoute from me in your last post Wanshan, Sorry if you percieved me to be sarcastic that wasnt my intention.

Israel has no need whatsoever for F22s and frankly with the state that her only realy threatening neighbour is in (Syria) as well as the fact that she just loves technology transfers to less than reputable clients its about time she stood on her own two feet- ie she actually pays for something herself rather than through US tax-payers.

The manner in which the article ciscusses an International version does make me wonder whether they would consider using F-35 tech to give the F-22 a more multi-role capability, especially seeing the recent success of advanced F-15E variants.

That article says nothing about the Rafale and is almost certainly talking about the LCA.
If the Indian do opt for the Rafale, they may feel that in the short term they have the best capability but ultimately the Typhoon is the better plane for the money.

I remember reading it in the UK publication Warships IFR-but of course it may be my mind playing tricks on me.
The T-45 having space for 72 Sylver A-70 cells in an accepted fact-look at the navy matters website.

And if upgraded the F-100 cant match the T-45 (potential for 72 Aster-30’s)
ESSM, isnt a AAW weapon.

Type 45, is a completely different ship (with the exception of the missile fit) to the French and Italian ships.
I would rate the new European DDG’s as follows,

1) Type-45.
2) F-100.
3) Joint position for the new Dutch ships and the Horizon.
4) F124

If there realy are 100+ J-10’s out there then I think we could eventually see more than the 300 that has been predicted. If we assume production began in 2002, then 25 a year have been produced on average, but we can probably assume that the rate of production has been increasing, so it would not surprise me if some 30 have been produced in the past 12 months- a very respectable rate of production. Considering that the J-11 appears to have fallen from favour, the PLAAF still seems reluctant about the FC-1, and the rumoured advanced versions of the J-10 that are being developed, it seems as if the future of the J-10 in PLAAF service is very bright.
Although I would like to see some images of in service J-10’s with BVR’s.

Just been looking at the numbers of AL-31FNs ordered/delivered. The only thing which seems certain is that some 54 were delivered in the 2001/2002 period. There were reports that some 250 were ordered in mid 2004 ( http://www.gateway2russia.com/st/art_260291.php ), whilst other sources say that about 100 were ordered in August 2005. I cant be certain about either of these. But it would seem to be likely that there are enough AL-31FNs in china for this aircraft to be the 100th example.