Yes Azerbaijan would be be nice because all you have to do is fly down the Caspian Sea and you’re over Iran, but would Azerbaijan realllly do it? Arent they a muslim country too? I doubt any Muslim country would really support a Jewish country attacking another Muslim Country, with the exception of Turks but they prolly wouldnt do it either.

Yes Subs would seem the best option but does Israel really have the capability to fire ballistic missiles from subs?

no but a damn M2KBR can do about 70% of what an Su-35 can do and costs about 50% more. It’s crazy, I dont see how an 20+ yr old M2KBR can cost 70mil/piece

did you guys know that France offered the Mirage-2000BR to Brazil for 70 mil/piece and Sukhoi offered the Su-35 for 35mil/piece

0 November, 2003
Brazil will restart next-generation fighter contest
(by Pedro Paulo Rezende JDW Correspondent Brasilia)

Brazil is poised to restart its $700 million F-X competition that will select the country’s next-generation fighter aircraft, Brazilian Air Force (FAB) sources say. Last January, the F-X programme was delayed for a year by the new Brazilian government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as domestic needs took priority (Jane’s Defence Weekly 15 January). Now, a senior FAB official said, the service’s Aeronautics Command intends to restart the programme with an accelerated selection process. “The bidding process will reopen between October and December. In January, we intend to submit our candidate to the National Defence Council, which makes the final decision. We will know the winner in February,” the source said. Sukhoi’s Su-35 is currently favoured by air force officers, although a number of questions have been raised about logistics support for the aircraft, a senior FAB officer told JDW. The Su-35 was proposed by a consortium of Avibrás-Rosoboronexport-Knaapo (Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association) at a unit price of $35 million. The Dassault Aviation-Embraer Mirage 2000-5Br offering, at a unit price of $70 million, is currently considered by the FAB to be its second choice, the source said. The Gripen International Gripen, at a unit price of $40 million*, is third. Lockheed Martin, with the F-16C ,and RSK-MiG with the MiG-29M3, are also bidding for the programme.

*Britain’s BAE Systems and Sweden’s Saab, joint makers of Gripen fighter jets, are hoping to win a big jet order from Brazil’s Air Force. Officials from Gripen yesterday said they had the full backing from the Britsh and Swedish governments to offer long-term, flexible financing for the order.

Dont the French love trying to rip off.

Yes the Chinese are a generation behind Russia and US, but dont worry they are CATCHING up. Notice how they havent even put their J-10 in mass production and they are alerady speeding up work on the XXJ/J-12. China will soon catch up. I wouldnt be surprised if the J-12 might come out before the PAK-FA, which it will be probably inferior to but it will be a great leap forward for the CHinese.

PILOTGHT you’re an idiot, don’t talk no more because you just made yourself look really stupid.