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I think that Indonesia's 'performance' in this international partnership has shown potential international partners that they should not partner with Indonesia. It has also shown that Indonesian government promises to pay are worthless. I agree with you. The potential benefits of KF-X have been...

As an outsider uninformed about the political machinations in the region, that sounds like an appealing course of inaction should F-16 be blocked. Especially if the F-4's have a few years' life left in them and are not extremely expensive to maintain.

They did not initially. I suspect they acquired better A2G capability later, even if still limited

OK, so NO Rafale NO Typhoon NO Su-30, Su-35 (NATO members do not buy Russian fighters) and if NO F-16 NO Gripen E (uses a GE engine) NO HAL Tejas, KAI KF-21 (both use a GE engine) What's left? JF-17?

I think UK would be pleased to sell its 30 x Tranche 1 Typhoons. They are scheduled for withdrawal from service in 2025. Spain and Italy might be interested is disposing of early Typhoons, too. I don't know what control Eurofighter partner governments have over other partners selling their used...

The 40 x new F-16 can come through despite Congress voting against it, I think. I believe there is a procedure in the US whereby if a proposal which comes from the president does not get majority support (in the Senate?), the president can 'appeal' and the Senate? then needs a 2/3 majority...

If there are 200 serviceable jets (that will remain serviceable for several more years), what is the fuss about? Will it be a problem if KAAN does not enter service for another 10 years and 200 x F-16 can be replaced 2034-2044? The ones updated in the modernisation programme will not need...

The time to consider Eurofighter has passed, I think. I recall it was considered many years ago but F-35 was selected. If Germany will not agree to KSA buying it (the murder of the journalist at the consulate/embassy + bombing in Yemen), what chance is there of the current German government...

Regarding supply of F-16 kit, Turkiye's agreement to Sweden joining NATO (after passing through Turkish parliamentary bureaucracy) may persuade the US Congress to approve. Or it may not. I read that Erdogan does not see Hamas as a terrorist body and I hear (in translation) that he sees Israel as...

When F-16 turns up I suspect that its presence alone may limit use of Russian aircraft by way of caution. It may be that it will not need to engage Russian fighters and ground attack aircraft to limit their sphere of action. More important to me will be its ability to strike at Russian radars...

They say that wars are won through logistics. Russia may be able to degrade a lot of infrastructure in Ukraine but its efforts do not seem to target infrastructure of military importance. I surmise that Russia has been amassing drones in the last few months, to be unleashed soon in mass...

'Lockheed Martin has had to delay again the delivery of Technology Refresh 3 (TR-3)-standard F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft to international customers as it looks to finalise software developments. The manufacturer announced the move on 6 September, saying that TR-2 configuration aircraft...

Sorry. My mistake - I did not look at the poster's description of himself/herself.

You should think about how ridiculous that statement is.

Agreed. I do not think that Ukraine's backers (some of whom said they would back Ukraine for as long as ii takes) should stop backing Ukraine. If they do stop: - some Ukrainians who lived under democracy until Russia invaded will be forced to live under totalitarianism - it will be a...

When are high speed taxi trials due to start? Can it be expected that video will be released from official sources? PS I have seen no pictures of prototype no 2

Got you - you include Ukraine's projected spending. I am not optimistic that Ukraine will find itself equipped to win this conflict except in the long term, and that with a major turnaround in US thinking. With its main backer wavering over ongoing support, prospects for retrieving much of the...

Why do you think that Ukraine will have such a large war chest in 2024? I think the EU has committed around $60 billion but that is over a number of years. What the US will provide in 2024 is not clear. Having said that the GDP of the US, Canada, EU and UK combined is much larger than the GDP of...

Interesting to hear that the speed of sound is much higher in Lebanon/Israel than in my part of the world where it is around 350m/s. Here if you see an explosion then hear it 5s later the explosion was not 5km away. More like 1.75km. PS Sorry to nitpick but I worked as a journalist for a...

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