i think you should read up on the seppo aesa’s
use google translate, if you dont find stuff on the su, post or read on defencetalk, aussies have airforce personnel permanently based in malayasia

And the political arguement for getting Su-30 was that through-life support from the Russians would be dodgy, at best.
This is the problem Malaysia is now having with the MKM, serviceability is very low.

yep, thats right

and we went for the f-35, the s/hornet buy is unrelated to the su-30 russian offer

malaysia went su because of usa holds missile stock as per their hornets and Singapore f-15 and if you go to malaysian sites, they arent happy with them
what do you base your claim on that the su is better ?

the gun is removed and a different wirering loom fitted when built, other than that its basically the same
boeing australia will probably do the fitting

Congratulations to the RAAF. This will allow for timely retirement of the F-111 fleet.

One question- are these Super Hornets the standard USN version with 7.5G limiters ? Or are these 9G fighters as promised in the Indian MRCA competition ?

they are the same plane and fit out as the navy, except for coms and a metric altimeter

obligatory no, the f-22 is speed limited and doesnt have high supersonic speed, off the top of my head, the f-15 and f111 is quicker and in the 30+ yrs of service you can count in minutes the time spent at top speed
also you are making a basic mistake, its weapon systems that kill missiles, not platform speed

Not a surprise :rolleyes:

F-35 in serious disarray

thanks for the link
first delivery of the f-35 to the forces this year

“We have been on the record for quite some time stating that aircraft deliveries are running approximately six months behind schedule and that initial low-rate production aircraft deliveries … will begin in the fourth quarter of 2010,” Lockheed spokesman John Kent said.

“Production trends indicate that we will be back on schedule” by 2011, Kent said.

“Labor hours required to complete each aircraft have dropped by half, and the time required to manufacture an F-35 has dropped by one-third. Parts shortages have gone from 300 on the first aircraft to 16 on the most recent plane rolled out, and the need to borrow parts from other aircraft has greatly diminished. Parts availability continues to improve as the supply chain gears up for higher production rates.”