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On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 13:29:56 +1000, David Bromage
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AL wrote:
It is all about putting all your eggs in one basket. Everybody knows
about the Congress idiosyncrasies. Not to mention there may be plans to
do some kind of upgrade from type 52 F16 to near type 60.

IMHO, it is going to be a tossup between Rafale and the Typhoon. F15 is
too complicated and the road map is too short to operate.

I think the F-15 has a very good chance. Bear in mind their next door
neighbours are getting Su-30s.

If the want a counter to the Su-30, wouldn't something more modern
than the F-15 be approprate?

It's all about loiter time and weapons.
An amraam is faster than an Su-30.
And I can assure you that the newest F-15s have extremely modern
avionics and weapons. Unsurpassed.

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur