To admit I’m probably now playing devil’s advocate but IMO there is much too much noise about this possible deal, one “source” simply copies from another and from a “working Group to analyse” now a “fixed deal to by the Typhoon killer” seems confirmed.
Therefore IMO the following “points” need to be considered:
It is indeed so far only a commission to discuss a possible cooperation and as far as he knows the FAA-structures from the Argentine side they will look at the offered system, analyze the pros and cons and will finally defer any decisions, due to three reasons:
1.on the 10. December 2015 a new government will be elected and in Argentina rarely a new government introduced a system just installed by the old one.
2.Seen from the military side for the FAA, the J-10 would indeed be the far better choice than the FC-1, because the FC-1 is no match for the pilots and aircraft of the neighboring states, however it surely has a much higher prize …
3.The biggest problem – especially in regard to how this is discussed here in the West – is that so far all the messages to “new” fighters for the FAA originated from the United Kingdom: Just look at this piece of BS regarding the purchase of former Russian Su-24 ! IMO the main reason for this is simply the RAF’s fight for a higher defense budget. Here especially playing the Falkland-card a bit is a huge boost to the British public ….
Therefore as long as a contract is not officially confirmed especially from the Chinese side I would be very careful.
Deino
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