They’re cashing in on political capital. This spending spree has little to do with defense. Like it was stated earlier, the QEAF would take years to become operational to combat readiness on the new equipment. The Qatari government is spreading money all around the world to influence their position in the world, politically.

What device are they using onboard the F/A-18s to capture the video? Seems really stable for something shot through a HUD.

Its a DARPA off-shoot pretending to be a UFO.

Surprised India has looked into buying Su-34s yet. They do so for everything else.

Kind of thought the DPRK was a no-fly zone already. For several reasons.

The Gripen makes sense for commonality and cost, but I don’t get the Su-35. Finland does a decent amount of work with NATO (Response Force, and PfP), though not an actual member. How compatible could the Su-35 be made to those requirements? At what cost? Would the Russians sell it to the Finns given the amount of Western hands that will wind up all over it? I’m not suggesting the Finns would just hand one over to the U.S. or NATO, but it would be an interesting participant at a future Red Flag event. Nor am I suggesting the Su-35 contains some super-secret, high-tech kit that American industry and intel services would drool over, but it probably does have a few tricks up its sleeves.

Viggen only confirmed foreign aircraft to get a radar lock on an SR-71…

Looks like a recce pod/fitting

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