I think it was more or less a question of the same price category.. If I have 30.000 dollars for a new car, I make my categories according to my budget, not according to tech specs of weight.. I won’t put Ferrari F355 into the same category with a Chrysler Neon, just because the weight is similar, don’t you think?
It was an obvious question.. we got that and that much moola, what can we afford for this?
Exactly, but because of that it is no surprise that the SU-35 won all technical competitions. It must do so, as the competitors are simply not in the same league.
Yet there is more to fighter contract then this.
Industry wise the Russian off-set deal is risky. The space industry is already offering more launch vehicles then there is a commercial need. So a brazilian space programm could be set up, but would it make money ?? In the end it would be in competition with the US, Europe, China and later India. The French deal however would be directly benificent for Embraer and the brazilian industry.
Furthermore the SU deal would also mean giving money to SU to develop the RRJ. Which would be a direct competitior to the brazialin EMB-170-195 series. So the money would indirectly help to bring up a competitor for the local industry.
Imho they should go for option b and buy used interim planes. And then they should save for a later competition for a bigger buy of fighters in 10 years or so.
I bet that in that time they could get Rafales or EFs for the price and even get a huge share for a new Airbus product for their industry.
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