Gundala
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so this is my opinion, now we have very urgent need for this skadron 14 interceptor, while procuring new aircraft will take at least 3-4 year after deal signed, put rafale for india and su-35 for egypt as example. so, this 15 unit of EF thing are big deal, i know, upgrading to tranche 3 will be ridiculously expensive but we don't need to upgrade this plane up to that point, we can just put this up to tranche 2 block 10 for example, specification wise, this upgrade will be more less same specification as our f-16 falcon star upgrade, which can be done by our technician. it's still expensive tho, but this can be our stop gap if we really want to learn f 35-viper-IFX cross-platform weapon interconnectedness
I understand your point. But introducing new fighter platform and not intended to add some more in a future really make this Typhoon more expensive to maintain. And how long does it take to upgrade to tranch 2 for all 15 of them? 1-2 years? And how long does it take for Pilot and technicians to be trained before that low tranche typhoon able to perform at it best? How much is needed to build infrastructure and parts for it? Unless we are going to take some more typhoon with the the same tranche/block in a future then this purchase is not right.
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