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On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:31:21 +0800, AL wrote:
Actually the F-35 is serious future contender. Probably as a F-16
replacement.

Singapore currently operates the F-16. They are thinking of buying a
new plane, call it X. If they then purchase the F-35, they'll have 3
fighters operational, F-16, X, and F-35, at least of the period that
F-16 is being replaced.

I suppose they might do this, but to me it seems an unnecessary
lack of standardisation.

Singapore, like everyone else, is replacing their F-16s with F-35s.
It will be a very long time before Singapore gets any F-35s.
In the meantime they want something that has range and a good
enough avoinics suite to match against the neighbor's MiGs.

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Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur