It is a possibility that the americans are developing another fighter in a black project. But for now let's not stray from the topic. Let's compare the F-22 and PAK FA.
Here's an extract from an article in washingtonpost.com:
I hope that proves my point.
As mentioned in the above extract, F-22 production stopped at 187 aircraft which results in a very high flyaway cost. The PAK FA however has a far less developmental cost and unit cost. Both Russia and...
If the decision does go political, then the F-18 will most probably be chosen. It is better than the F-16 when it comes to Air-to-ground combat. Moreover, the F-16 has been in service with the PAF for a long time who have full knowledge of it's strengths and weaknesses. But let's hope our...
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The F-22 may or may not be a better plane, but it just isn't worth the money. An enormous development cost, high unit cost and very maintainence intensive.... I think that could lead to a lot of headaches, especially in a war. The PAK FA has been made with a budget that is only a fraction of the...
@ MZUBAIR
It is true that 'JF' in JF-17 stands for 'Joint Fighter'. But JF-17 is only the Pakistani designation. The Chinese have designated it as FC-1 and in case you didn't know, 'FC' stands for 'Fighter China'!!! Does that mean that your Chinese friends do not think of it as a joint...
After reading so many of anathema's posts, I can't help feeling that the Gripen might be a logical choice for the IAF as it has good performance, low cost, low maintainence and supercruse. My vote is still for the rafale though.
hey anathema, I'm new to this forum and I have a lot of doubts. Is it possible to subscribe to the threads we are interested in? Is there an option to get e-mail notifications to new posts for those threads? Also, how do we post a link or a video? Please help..
According to Wikipedia:
How do EADS and Dassault plan to provide us with 126 fighters if it costs 4 billion dollars for just 36 Rafales? I'm not contradicting anyone, I was just wondering. After all, they wouldn't want this to be a financial liability, do they?
I thought rafale was the winner in the Brazilian competition. Here's a quote from a thread titled "Rafael wins Brazil MMRCA competition":
See? Now UAE is also a possible customer.
I think you are wrong here. Here's something I found on wikipedia:
MiG hasn't merged with sukhoi. Both...