Naval news insists that full load displacement is 10000 tons.

there are political aspects

Taiwan should ideally be flying anything with a wing, but they are pushing for more discounted jets

Qatar is buying allies

any discounted jets that US / NATO will sell them

I wasn't referring to Qatar's Mirage buy

yes, but obviously they'll want any discount they can get
why are you jumping at irrelevancies 

if you can point out any strawman here I belanja you makan

haiz then I say more clearly: Taiwan is probably bitching and moaning about their Mirage 2000s simply cause they want to get more advanced aircraft, preferably at discount prices

realistically they have nothing to complain about their Mirages, it's not like they have very many aircraft to start with. and the -5 Mirages aren't bad aircraft at all.

not all countries are "dumping" their Mirage 2000s, it depends on many factors including politics, funding, availability.

Taiwan prosperity itself is a courtesy of US of A by giving Taiwanese a preferential market access as well as licencing of US high tech IP.

Same old so called budget allocation to acquire foreign loans for multi year military acquisitions:

Afaik Sg uses at least 2 other USV classes: 1) Protector class -  maritime security ops and 2)Venus class - Mine detection/clearance.
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Will the Pentagon Export The Stealthy New 6th-Generation Jet to Create Multi-National Allied Force?

Pentagon may consider F-35-like allied international community of networked, 6th-generation stealth fighters.

https://warriormaven.com/air/will-the-penta...al-allied-force

This is important^.

Close US allies and partners will need to replace their F15s and Super Hornets with a newer heavy combat jet - some as early as 2035.

And the US will not want its close allies and close partners to go out of the US defence eco-system as that would mean 1) lost revenue for US defence companies and 2) interoperability issues. Japan and UK are likely out as they are pursuing the European-Japan GCAP (note: NGAD is likely more capable than GCAP will ever be).

Hence, the likelihood is high that an export model (still better than all other combat jets in the world) will be built for the above countries.

We can take cue from the original F35 partners (production and security cooperative partnership): US, UK(?), Italy (?), Israel, Singapore, Australia, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Canada and Turkey(?).  South Korea is not in the list but it is a close US ally.

I doubt the US will want to share the tech (even export model) with other countries for a long time or ever.

The alternative is for LockMart to develop a Super F 35 variant ala the Superbug or Super Hornet:

KL to sanya amost 2000 km, outside J-20 combat radius. relax.

The last region china wants to fight now is asean. not because asean is strong militarily but because both regions benefit from peaceful trade. war = lose-lose.

Taiwan should worry. only murican believe Taiwan worry should be our worry.

Furthermore, Malaysia’s long-standing principled stance against Israel due to the latter’s treatment of Palestinians adds another layer of complexity to the decision.

While Malaysia has traditionally been critical of Israel’s policies, its acquisition of weapons systems compatible with Israeli technology could be seen as a contradiction.

Moreover, the decision to purchase arms from the United States raises a moral question, particularly in light of the Malaysian public’s boycott of US brands due to the US’s support for Israel in the Gaza conflict.

Source: US Approves Sale Of RM400 Million High-Tech Eye In The Sky To Malaysia

Singapore deployed 6200 troops and 400-500 vehicles/platforms thousands of km away from the home islands. Few countries can do this logistically. From a military pov, their logistics is top notched.