Slobo wrote:

and all the export customers (Saudi Arabia, Greece, Austria)

Greece is not confirmed yet – they could go for the Rafale. After all, Dassault also sold them Mirage F1s and 2000s.

In the Gripens case, it’s the combined resources of Sweden, and its export customers (Hungary and Czech Republic).

You forgot to mention South Africa – not that it would change much.

The second pic is definatly K-30, an Ukrainian-made IR WWR missile intended to replace R-73. Further info about it can be found here: http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28398&highlight=K-30

That Su looks like the T-10 (Su-27 prototype).
Here’s a video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS8v8kRH6WI

Thorny wrote:

The UK should buy 100 or so SU-34’s, to replace the Tornado GR4.

Utter BS.
GR4 just received an upgrade, it will be around for another 10 years at least.
It recently received new weapons such as Storm Shadow and Brimstone.
It is combat proven, time and again (Iraq 1991, 2003, Kosovo 1999).
Pilots, ground crews, British industry know the plane inside out.
So why in the world would the UK buy a plane which is not tested in combat, has no export customers and nothing in common with the British industry?
Just because it looks good? :rolleyes:

That’s Le Bourget museum, isn’t it Coach?

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