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January 26, 2004 at 4:29 pm in reply to: Russia's 5th- generation fighters! #2657621

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Originally posted by Srbin
France to develop PAK-FA or anything with Russia? No way, unless the French president or someone else states they will need something for their replacement of the Rafale and that they will work with Russia then I’ll believe it, but right now NO.

that has been announced back in June 😀

January 22, 2004 at 3:31 pm in reply to: Grudge match for fighters in Singapore #2661949

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We’ve already got several threads about that .

January 22, 2004 at 3:26 pm in reply to: F-X Brazil news : US offers Brazil 48 AMRAAMS UNRESTRICTED #2661951

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that article is a bit old, isn’t it ?

Anyway, I find the american behaviour a bit weird.

FRom a political point of view (the link of the first post) Washington seems to be interested by the brasilian deal.

On the industrial one, theirs offers have been jokes, so ?

January 16, 2004 at 2:10 pm in reply to: Fighter combos you would like to see….. #2666400

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GRippen and F-22 😮

January 15, 2004 at 3:48 pm in reply to: Why the Gripen + Typhoon combo? #2667167

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Originally posted by plawolf
, but the basic F15 airframe still still pretty capable. it would be much more cost effective to just update the radar and avionics (replace them completely if needed) rather then to buy a whole new system.

The US sold them crap in 80 and 90’s, why would it be different in 00’s ?

January 15, 2004 at 2:47 pm in reply to: Algeria to get SMT's #2667228

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Originally posted by BME330
Algeria with Su-24MK + Mig-29 SMT….Morocco with Mirage F-1CH/EH + F-5E/F….I guess Morocco will seek some Mirage 2000…F-16 ex-ANG…or something like that

About Morocco, I heard some programs from Thales and Sagem about a major upgrade for Mirage F-1 with Morocco in mind.
Among others, a mini RDY radar etc.

but nothing official so far.

January 14, 2004 at 1:52 pm in reply to: Why the Gripen + Typhoon combo? #2668045

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Originally posted by plawolf
“the F-15S in the hand the the RSAF hardly worth the name of fighter ”

what are u trying to say?

the F-15S is a pice of sh*t and is too difficult to maintain with the unefficient saudi technicians.

January 14, 2004 at 12:20 pm in reply to: Why the Gripen + Typhoon combo? #2668144

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Originally posted by Ja Worsley
ITell me, besides India and China, who these days has in increrase in their defence budget to allow such planes in operation at the same time?

France military budget +9,2% from 2003 to 2004 😀

Originally posted by plawolf
i dont think SA has any reason to replace their F15S’, those are mighty capable a/c

the F-15S in the hand the the RSAF hardly worth the name of fighter :rolleyes:

January 13, 2004 at 5:59 pm in reply to: Chinas F/A-22 #2668699

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Hyperwarp

Good point.

On the other hand, I doubt that China will post on Intenet how the future state of the art XXJ will looks like 15 years before it’s ready.

January 13, 2004 at 2:07 pm in reply to: jaguar #2668885

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Originally posted by matt
IIRc the french never bothered to upgrade the Jaguar fleet, thats why u wont see them with it… They use the factory standard Jags

Yes, Dassault always refuse to heard about an upgrade of that plane since it wasn’t a “100% dassault” product. 😡

January 13, 2004 at 1:15 am in reply to: EF programm dead ?? #2669098

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Originally posted by Phil Foster

The only thing with that statement is that the Brits could (and probably still can) build nice looking aircraft that do the job well regardless. The Hawker Hunter, the Spitfire (of course) and the Vulcan

damn Phil, you forgot the best 😡

January 12, 2004 at 12:13 am in reply to: EF programm dead ?? #2669684

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Originally posted by mavaustin
the only thing that can save EF is a large order from some middle eastern country. The only few in mind are UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and may be Qatar.

Qatar already bougt what they needed, Qatar andKuwait will go only with US, so last option is Saudis. Saudi Arabia according to some news last year and rumors among the vendors and brokers suggest that it will be a French platform.

UAE has bought the F-16block 60 so the EF2000 is ot of question for now.

Well, I always heard that Kuwait isn’t really happy with their F-18 in comparison of the qataris mirage but as you said, for european countries, these two are out of question.

Well, Saudi Arabia is a hard case.
The king is really anti american so, more or less anti-british, but I doubt that this guy would dare to buy the RAfale.

January 12, 2004 at 12:06 am in reply to: First modernized brazilian F5 shows its face #2669688

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that makes me think.

What planes could really replace cheap planes like Northrop F5 or Dassault mirage III or F-1 ?

I don’t know if you can buy no a F-16 block 15 or 30.

January 11, 2004 at 10:27 pm in reply to: EF programm dead ?? #2669770

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Originally posted by seahawk
I think it would be hard to explain Rafale to the public, as it would not be cheaper then EF. S

If germany want to buy Rafale, it would be a major deal, so don’t even think to compare that price to those of the EF2000.

January 10, 2004 at 3:32 pm in reply to: READ THIS- The Mirage 2000 Mk-2 #2671010

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Well, that 40 to 1 victory of the new Miage 2000-5 was vs fighters who use the same tactics than vs mirage 2000C, but they got others tactics, those for real BVR planes.

Even if that, the mirage 2000 is the clear winner but with a more “normal” score of 75%.
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