cuba tanya yinchet, dia yang mula-mula kata minta Malaysia angkat superhornet.. aku baca banyak gak pasal development dia,
dari segi teknologi, mungkin rafale lebih bagus tapi disebabkan malaysia semua benda pun nak save je.. jadi superhornet dan growler paling cost effective untuk negara kecil macam kita ni.. kalau kita angkat saab punya gripen, takut lawan musuh dahsyat2 'bateri dia kong pula'.. radius of operation dia paling kecil antara semua yang bertanding tender MMRCA tu 

Sh bukan yg paling cost effective.
tapi gripen yg paling cost effective dari segi kos operasi hingga ke kos maintenance. Gripen antara yg paling senang nak buat maintenance dan tenaga kerja yg paling kurang sekali dia cuma memerlukan 3 orang je untuk buat semua.

gripen combat radiusnya lebih daripada hornet kita.
hornet kita cuma mempunyai combat radius 760km je.
tapi gripen 800km.
dalam development super gripen dia orang bercadang nak letak cft dengan ini combat radius boleh mencecah 1000km.
Saya rasa advance sh dan super gripen akan mempunyai combat radius yg sama.

as for mig35 kurang mendapat sambutan mungkin disebabkan ia masih dalam development.
antara factor lain ialah takut masalah kos maintenance yg mahal mig29 akan dibawa ke mig35.

gripen NG....

if want to replace hawk 208 and F-5E then ok. maybe around 12 (minimum of 1 full squadron)units will do

but SH mesti beli. we need a great naval strike to cover southern chinese sea.

so 12 JAS-39NG and 12 F/A-18F is good deal

gripen NG....

if want to replace hawk 208 and F-5E then ok. maybe around 12 (minimum of 1 full squadron)units will do

but SH mesti beli. we need a great naval strike to cover southern chinese sea.

so 12 JAS-39NG and 12 F/A-18F is good deal

Yup.
gripen is best to replace our hawk and f5.
60gripen and 36 sh would be gooding.

ambik kau 60 biji yinchet minta tu 

gripen NG....

if want to replace hawk 208 and F-5E then ok. maybe around 12 (minimum of 1 full squadron)units will do

but SH mesti beli. we need a great naval strike to cover southern chinese sea.

so 12 JAS-39NG and 12 F/A-18F is good deal

tak boleh ke trade-in USA angkat balik kita punya super hornet, tukar kita angkat Growler.. boleh dapat diskaun tak kalau buat camni??

tak boleh ke trade-in USA angkat balik kita punya super hornet, tukar kita angkat Growler.. boleh dapat diskaun tak kalau buat camni??

Tak mungkin kita  trade in kan baru saja dikatakan Hornet akan di upgrade. Kita dapat izin ke untuk beli Growler ? Tak mungkin ....AESA pun susah, Growler wet dream !

Advance SH pun Boeing pending dari Congress
belum tentu Congress nak bagi, tp bleh plak depa bawak datang LIMA hari tu

Itu "softener"  ... supaya dapat latih dengan SU 30MKM " Growlerski" !

They really try to push,
seems desperate lak hahaha
aku rasa RMAF nak JSOW, tp blom tentu dapat
and you know, kalao RMAF tak dapat, dia delay lagi 

S. Korea To Buy 40 F-35s; 20 More Jets Still Open

Nov. 22, 2013 - 11:05AM   |  
By JUNG SUNG-KI   |   Comments

SEOUL — South Korea decided to buy 40 F-35 conventional take-off joint strike fighters in a bid to better respond to North Korea’s increasing nuclear and missile threats, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced Friday.

The competition was initially for 60 jets. Government officials say it’s possible the remaining order of 20 jets will not be F-35s.

The JCS held a top decision-making committee presided over by JCS Chairman Adm. Choi Yoon-hee to modify the operational requirements for the F-X III fighter jet acquisition plan.

The jet contest was nullified in September when the country’s arms procurement agency voted down a bid by Boeing to supply 60 F-15 Silent Eagle aircraft, citing the “4.5-generation” jet’s lack of radar-evading stealth capability.

“The next-generation fighter is a key asset of the ‘kill chain’ system to respond to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threat that has become a reality,” JCS spokesman Eom Hyo-shik said in a briefing.

The kill chain refers to a proactive defense system being developed by the South Korea military. It is to be used in preemptively detecting and striking North Korean main targets by using various tools, such as strike fighters and missiles, should the North show signs of attacks.

“We need fighter aircraft fitted with the state-of-the-art stealth technology and electronic warfare capability in order to secretly penetrate into the North’s airspace and strike key targets,” the spokesman said. “By securing those aircraft, we can deter North Korea’s provocation more effectively.”

The number of jets to be bought fell to 40 from the initial F-X III plan of 60 in order to meet the budget requirements as well as help fill the projected fighter jet vacuum over the next decade.

The aircraft are expected to be delivered to the South Korean Air Force from 2018 to 2021 if a contract is signed next year, officials said.

Based on the renewed requirements, the military and the budget authorities are expected to redesign the budget size, said Oh Tae-shik, head of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration’s program management bureau.

“We expect to firm up the total budget size for 40 F-35s after discussing with related government agencies,” he said.

Brig. Gen. Shin Ik-hyun, of the JCS’ strategic planning bureau said, “The remaining 20 aircraft will be bought after reviewing the required operational capability in tandem with changing security situations and aviation tech development trends.”

Asked to clarify if the remainder will also be F-35s, Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said other aircraft could be invited for the competition.

“The remaining aircraft will be purchased by 2023,” the spokesman said. “If there are changes in the security environment, we could buy either more advanced jets or aircraft with lower radar cross section.” The statement leaves the door open for Boeing and Eurofighter to make fresh bids.

Kim Dae-young, a research member of the Korea Defense & Security Forum, anticipated Boeing and Eurofighter would likely link their new bids to the indigenous KF-X fighter development project.

“I believe the chances for Boeing and Eurofighter to win the deal for 20 aircraft remain slim,” Kim said. “The fighter makers, however, would be able to connect the deal to the South Korean bid to develop its own fighter aircraft by promising more lenient technology transfer than Lockheed.”

The KF-X plan is aimed at developing an F-16 class indigenous jet with technical assistance from foreign partners after 2020 and producing at least 120 planes. The F-X III requires bidders to offer technology transfer plans for the KF-X as part of offset programs.

The JCS decided to start the KF-X development next year with preliminary research and development.

There are worries, however, Lockheed Martin would be restricted in offering technologies since the Joint Strike Fighter program is strictly controlled by the US government.

Lockheed Martin tried to brush off those concerns by Koreans.

Randy Howard, Lockheed’s F-35 campaign head in Korea, said his company remains committed to its offset projects and working with the Korean industry on the KF-X project to design a new fighter aircraft as it did on the T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic trainer jet, which had been developed as part of an offset package for an earlier F-16 purchase.

Eurofighter has been the most active in the KF-X program. It offered a direct investment of $2 billion in the KF-X bid.

Boeing has also shown strong interest in the KF-X partnership.

“The KF-X is a huge business opportunity, maybe a bigger one than the F-X,” a Boeing official said. “We’ll continue to find ways of working together with the Korean government and industry.”