Not about tak are duit.
TUDM want a magical jet that can

1)be a lift like Aermacchi
2) be a close air support like hawk
3) be an interceptor like MIG.

While politicians be it from PH & PN talk about MY building their own jet plane.

Basically they all wanted a jet that doesn't exist (yet!)

You could buy amerachi or fa-50 for 30mil USD. But once you want to shoot BVR it going to cost 50 mil USD which is basically the price of Gripen E. All of these jet had limited user so don't expect to used them for long.

Thought i come across this website which predict the development path of T7A as a spiritual successor to F5 with available license production to allies country so they can maintain/build/upgrade it themselves.



https://warontherocks.com/2017/05/reclaimin...proven-success/
Thought it nice and all but the earliest not fighting capable jet can only be had by 2024 or 2028 for combat capable version (assuming US got the funding to build it in the 1st place). Meanwhile 36 of our Sukhoi & hawk aren't being 'upgraded' so basically if anything happens we are only down to almost nak roboh 8 bijik hornet.

Off cause even if Canada acquired those Gripen and we tumbang sekaki, they going to modified it kaw kaw as it would only be operational by 2028. US navy also looking for a hawk replacement again only available by 2028.

So assuming MY want US jet there's won't be any available for again at least 2028.

We could thank mamakthir for this. If he had gone for a full hornet + hawk fleet we still have 80 plane available and are flying rather than now where we can realistically count on 8 hornet.

Maybe we should go cry to uncle Sam to let us have f35 for now as their LCA aren't available for 10 more years. Technically there enough budget in this RM to buy either 36 Fa-50 or 15 f35A.

Hope our TUDM will get the replacement soon. Is the Mig29 still proceed with upgrade plan?

SG paid abt USD115mil or SGD150 mil back in 2020 for their F-35Bs.....  We cannot afford those cost la.... We paid our Mig and Su via palm oil also which I don't think any EU or America will accept it....  If we die die wanna to barter trade  palm oil for jets... Maybe Russia or China might keen

Lca is useless

China send j20 will make laughing stock of our light attack aircraft

Yes gripen is better because cost efficient

And it has meteor missile just as good as aim 120

https://www.aerotime.aero/27553-Top-10-most...er-jets-in-2021

Whaf talk kok u

Where u pull gripen 70 mil ? For msia purpose we dun need the highest spec of?

Gripen is one of the cheapest around and very cost efficient due to single.jet

Even cheaper because can launch at road side no need full air base

Hornet need to wait for usa Congress approval

U think easy to get ?