Well 300 000 is actually not much, compared to other aerobatic planes sold here in US and Canada. The biggest problem with those Sukhois would be support and such, I really wonder how well would Sukhoi be able to support the customer and I really wonder how maintenance friendly and expensive it is and how much fuel it sucks up.

the Kopyo-DL, is it a version of the standard Kopyo, the Kopyo-M or the Kopyo-F?

Regardless of their technical performance and tech in them, they will both be plagued by foreign parts in them, especially the Golden Eagle, where as the engines, weapons, some sensors are all American which really needs American approval for export, same can be said about the Gripen. The Gripen has been around for a while now, yet F-50, LCA, FC-1 and J-10 still have to be developed. If maybe the Koreans make a special export version of the F-50 with Russian weapons and avionics, they wouldn’t have to worry about US and the political issues.

Actually H-4 is I think the Pakistani designation for the T-Darter. It really is NOT indigneous. Does Pakistan really have the tech to push out a BVR missile right now?

Actually, it was in numerous news reports on ACIG. Also, the Rafale was offered for a bigger price to various countries like SK and Austria.

Anyone have any information on whats the diameter of the LCA’s nose. Also can’t the nose be lengthened, not enlarged but lengthened. We’ve seen this done on the Mig-29M.

Well, I would say that Arrow’s performance might be doubtful against much faster BMs. Now my question is, can this system be overwhelmed with many SCUDs if fired?

I do think if LCA does make it to the export market by 2010 with AESA and newer and better avionics and if it will be able to match F-16E/F, F-18E/F, Typhoon and others as a 4.5gen fighter and all under 30mn then LCA will be a kick ass plane. Now heres a few problems

1)How good is the MMR currently, I have yet to see any valuable informaiton on it.
2)I do think LCA’s lack of space may be a problem in future upgrades, but since technology is getting smaller and smaller, I don’t think that may be a big problem exactly.
3)Just because LCA will have some better avionics than the MKI does not mean it’s better, the MKI is in a totally different class, it’s performance is way better and on top of all that the LCA just cannot match with some of the things MKI has in it, like it’s radar which I think it will be safe to assume with way outperform LCA’s MMR radar, just looking at it’s size.
4)If LCA by 2010 does match the latest Gripens, it will be way better because just for the fact that it will be twice as cheaper. However both Gripen and LCA will have a big problem, especially when it comes to their foreign parts in them. In the Gripen namely the foreign engine and some of the weapons, in LCA it will be mostly the weapons because India does really not have developed weapons yet, they do have the Astra but nothing else and would have to offer the LCA with foreign weapons. Meanwhile that, China is developing it’s own short and medium ranged AAMs, LGBs and other weapons.