Scrap the 4.5th gen fighter and welcome the future F-35. With the hefty price tag on both the EF Typhoon and Rafale, it makes more sense to purchase the inevitable future proof JSF.
With Japan moving in the F-35 group cycle, the economy of scale for the F-35 should be reduce significantly. We can place our order when money is made available in 2015. For the interim measure, trade those Migs for more Sukhois and split them into 2 squadrons.
Signed earlier this month, the contract covers a range of products, including missiles, unmanned air vehicles and intelligence-gathering systems, plus upgrades to in-service combat aircraft and helicopters. The work will be performed over the next four years, with sources saying that IAI beat competition from a number of European and US companies.
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IAI said securing the new contract has boosted the value of its orders backlog to $10 billion.
Actually I have talked to a person that know personally about the Pendekar procurement and T-90 never been evaluated by the TD INRC only PT-91 and Ukraine T-84 ware on trail!
Ada lah T-90 bro, aku pernah tengok kat youtube, siap ada orang post lagi video trial 3 tank kat Malaysia. The reason why ATM choose PT-91 is because of the barter trade, Poland is the only country that's willing to trade oil palm for tanks. Nuff said.
Found it.
This post has been edited by rastablank: Jun 1 2012, 10:56 PM