Recent content by Spitfire9

You are very well informed about jet engines by all accounts. How long would you guess it would take for India to realise a 50kN dry and 75kN wet thrust engine for Tejas MK1A?

Where Tejas is concerned, you paint a rosy picture of a programme that has been riddled with setbacks and failures, now finally delivering a quarter of a century late. We are where we are - on the brink of the Tejas programme producing tangible results. I say that because I see the Tejas Mk1...

I thought it was the operational cost that was the killer. However. if Switzerland decides it no longer wants to buy F-35 and increased prices give it an opportunity to halt its F-35 programme, let it exercise its choice.

I can see Ukraine buying Kaan in the next decade with the TF35000 engine. I see used Gripen C from Sweden coming first. Sweden has about 100 C/D in service which I think will gradually reduce to 60 as Gripen E numbers build up. South Africa for Kaan? Last time I read about its Gripen fleet, it...

https://theprint.in/defence/ahead-of-crucial-amca-meet-private-companies-flag-heavy-tilt-in-hals-favour/2678566/ I would say that the current Tejas programmes are in the state they are in partly because of less than dynamic leadership from the government down. Excluding talent is not a good...

You say 500 KAAN sales. How do you come up with that number rather than 400 or 300? Who do you think will buy and in what numbers? Like you I think there may be Muslim states that will be attracted to buy KAAN. Very importantly, too, if a Turkish engine is used, it removes the problem of the US...

Will add years of delay.

It will no doubt be very expensive. However if the partners were to order standard aircraft (perhaps 350+) production cost might be more reasonable. If Canada ordered some, too, even better.

Sorry. This works for me: https://www.defesanet.com.br/aviacao/suspencao-da-producao-do-caca-eurofighter-typhoon-no-reino-unido/ + https://www.ft.com/content/a5646859-4818-4abc-b4c4-5c3d5a1d9f2e

I must have quoted hundreds of items of data from respected sources on this thread. You may tell me Russia is not losing, as you have told me many times before,in this case economy GDP or whatever else doesnt matter.Russia can go on for a decade. Give me data to support your assertion. From the...

I hope the war of attrition continues. >20 trillion USD GDP on one side versus <3 trillion USD GDP on the other. I think the evidence shows which side is winning, which is losing. Keep up the good work squeezing the life out of your economy and finances, Putin!

Is it worth setting up assembly (not production) for 40?

To me the future looks difficult for the German military aviation industry. Where would it go on its own?

They are not.

I was talking about north European people. Most European governments, too, do not like dictators. Think Eurofighter. Did Turkiye request it and get a positive response? If not, why not?