2nd batch mkm is very likely. tradein migs with discounted price for mkm still on the table. the mmrca earliest announcement should be around june next years.
Anyway about the astronaut the government is looking into nasa as well.
just asking about the mkms, why so far i never seen our mkms equip with weapons?? i wonder why
Is it because Dassault already reduce the support for this aircraft to concentrate on Rafale? Because if i'm not mistaken, Mirage is considered a low cost fighter.
18 mkm @ discounted price after trade in mig -usd700mil -800mil. 18 sh + 4 aew usd2bil. or lease gripen 18-36 gripen for 5 years + 6aew less than usd2bil.
18 sh + 4 aew =usd 2 Billion is abit too optimistic, SH block3 cost usd 80~90m some more price increase year by year. 4 AEW not cheap if want better performance.
This post has been edited by waja2000: Dec 17 2013, 11:06 PM
18 sh + 4 aew =usd 2 Billion is abit too optimistic, SH block3 cost usd 80~90m some more price increase year by year. 4 AEW not cheap if want better performance.
18 mkm @ discounted price after trade in mig -usd700mil -800mil. 18 sh + 4 aew usd2bil. or lease gripen 18-36 gripen for 5 years + 6aew less than usd2bil.
any idea which aew that are most likely candidate 18 SH + 4 AEW package? if look at the choice, option 1 and 3 is the most likely purchase.
thing is, the us view my/sg situation like jordan+egypt+saudi arabia/israel in the middle east
they're trying to stabilize the region by rearming it's closest ally with the best weaponry possible, while also re-arming other allies in the region. the latter won't have qualitative edge to invade the former but are adequately armed just in case shyt happens. the former are better armed qualitatively but will not have clear quantitative edge to launch strategic-scale open war against its neighbors (which are also US allies).
it's a way for the US to stabilize the region. any imbalance in term of military acquisition will definitely destabilize the whole region.
try going through jordanian military assets. they are at least 1 generation behind the israeli, yet better than anything the syrian or iraninan have at the moment. same goes with egypt. they are the strongest military power in the whole of africa
the only way to bypass this logic is by buying other countries' equipmentd. but then it will make us farther from the us. as much as we hate it we still have to rely on unker sam just in case shyt happens