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(hcobb) wrote:
On Mar 8, 8:10 am, Ed Rasimus wrote:
UK is credible, but may not be financially able. Australia looks
like a customer. Taiwan? Probably not. S. Korea? Unlikely right now,
but could change rapidly. Israel? Definite candidate. Western European
NATO? Depends on trends in governments...both theirs and ours.
India? Who knows. Emerging S. American capitalist democracy? Too far
down-stream to predict.
All of these are notable for the lack of a need for a pure air to air
fighter and a lack of airfields near to the spots they're likely to
drop bombs so all of them would be better off with JSFs.

The UK, Germany, Italy and Spain have committed to Typhoon; the French
to Rafael. Taiwan has this problem with security vs. China. South Korea
is just buying some high-end F-15s. Everyone would find the F-22A kind
of expensive. Australia and Japan are maybes, but nobody else looks
likely. JSF is far more likely to sell in quantity, since that was
actually an objective from the start of the project.

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