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Good news! Hopefully it turns out to be true... :tup: However considering we are shouldering 20% of the development cost, I think it's just fair that we will also be producing 20% of the parts for all production KFX/IFX and not just for IFX... let's see after a formal decision has been...

F-35B is the STOVL version right? Couldn't it just try to land vertically after the collision?

If that's the case then even better... I feel we would at least do the assembly of the prototype locally... I wonder whether the South Korean KFX delegation are still in Indonesia and what are the progress of the talks so far...

I believe that was the original plan... Out of the planned 5 prototypes, 1 unit will be sent to us / PTDI for further testing and customizations to suit TNI AUs needs... AU has actually send pilots to Test Pilot Training school for this purpose... However with the ongoing renegotiations we'll...

It seems the probe requirement is for IFX, while KFX will use boom. So if we opt out of this project, or reduce our our participation, the probe version might not be realized... That being said, having both a probe and a boom version will mean more options for potential customers, which is a...

But Bangladesh is part of SAARC which is already a bigger (in every sense) and more populous grouping compared to ASEAN... 🤔

This is good, hopefully this would bring more military and security cooperation within ASEAN. An overall more unified ASEAN will be good too...

Doesn't matter, with this kind of "fear / scared" mentality we won't have the guts, even with hard cash... Worse part is, there doesn't even seem to be much effort in our part to stand up to it... or at least get any additional concessions... just manut nrimo... Realizing just how easy it is...

It's really unfortunate that China has this baseless 9 dash line claim.. Without this unreasonable claim, China could have really become a true alternative power (technology, financial, economy, military, cultural, etc) to counterbalance the US... at the very least for the SEA region... We...

This article is exaggerating the issues by quite a bit... Some of the issues mentioned are correct, but it isn't as grave and is not the main reason for the delay... Most of the delays are due to land acquisition issues, something to expect when you are building in one of the most densely...

I wouldn't call it as rising or winning.. it's just that it has always been around for as long as we can remember and thus has its own loyal fans base... It's Kpop that's on the rise here as it's a recent phenomenon...

Good to know that a fellow poster is sharing the same sentiment... I too have been posting more or less similar opinions here for some time now... That we also have cards to play, but some posters here seems to prefer we submit entirely to the US and become a sort of another Japan or Korea...

Does it really matter? AU has been preparing for sometime now to induct an additional heavy fighter squadron in the form of Sq 14 with Su-35s... They even send down 3 Flankers from Sq 11 to Sq 14 to prepare for that... Lol... that's a very big 'if' you are assuming... but If AU is really going...

Quick delivery and upgrade is still a possibility, especially if it's to be done in PTDI facilities... Once a deal is reached, the Typhoons could be flown here as is from Austria for a fast delivery and acceptance... and then upgrade it gradually in PTDI... this way Mindef's goal of getting...

http://www.airforce.mil.my/berita/berita-dari-pangkalan/6559-penghantaran-pesawat-pertama-cn235-220m-m44-05-bagi-naik-taraf-maritime-surveillance-aircraft-msa-di-bawah-program-maritme-security-initiative-msi One of RMAF's CN235 has now been flown to PTDI to start the conversion process into a...

AU was already planning on getting an additional Flanker Sq (Su-35) for Sq 14 even before this Typhoon thingie... So yeah, I'm pretty sure AU at the very least can support one other additional heavy fighter Sq... No way they will disband Sq 11 just because the Typhoons are here... and anyway we...

The Flankers will be just fine, they are useful and AU has invested a lot in them too... They are flying regularly, training regularly, even doing trainings which F-16 pilots can't, like AAR... Some has been upgraded and new flankers simulators has also been setup recently... Even Prabowo has...

Block 2 and beyond will have built-in IWB, so stealth pods are not required... Block 1 will have the missiles mounted semi-recessed in the underbelly as shown in the pic by Indos...

https://www.globaldefensecorp.com/2020/09/04/south-korean-kfx-fighter-jet-will-fly-in-2022/

https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/south-korea-embarks-on-final-assembly-of-kf-x-prototype/140020.article South Korea embarks on final assembly of KF-X prototype By Greg Waldron3 September 2020 Final assembly of the first Korea Aerospace Industries KF-X fighter has commenced in Sacheon...