To: sukhoi-30mki
"I am not here to sell aeroplanes, but I can tell you that the F-16 is the best there is...." Riiight. Who knows, it may even be true.
2 posted on
03/17/2007 3:22:58 AM PDT by
Grut
To: sukhoi-30mki
F16 = The Kalashnikov of the skies. Nothing spechial bur real bang for the buck.
3 posted on
03/17/2007 4:06:04 AM PDT by
Atlantic Bridge
(De omnibus dubitandum!)
To: sukhoi-30mki
The US should be pushing for even stronger ties with India. With their economic development and problem neighbors, I can see India being one of the top 3 allies for the US in the future.
To: sukhoi-30mki
"Look at what happened to Malaysia. They opted for a mix of F-16s and MiG-29s. Very soon, they dumped the MiG-29s due to problems of inter-operability," the official pointed out, speaking on condition of completely off the wall.
Malyasia as never operated the F-16. And at last count they were still operating both the MiG-29 and the F-18
And they seem to like a mix of types
6 Squadron BAE 108/208 Hawk
12 Squadron Northrop F-5E/F, RF-5E
18 Squadron Boeing F/A-18D Hornet
19 Squadron MiG 29N/UB
and
SU-30MKM Flanker being delivered
5 posted on
03/17/2007 4:54:05 AM PDT by
Oztrich Boy
("Red Meat. We were meant to eat it")
To: sukhoi-30mki
What a thing of beauty!
7 posted on
03/17/2007 5:53:00 AM PDT by
jws3sticks
(Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
To: sukhoi-30mki
All that and pretty, too!
But ALL miltary hardware sold to other countries needs to have a hidden, remotely activated self destruct installed in case it is ever turned against us!
8 posted on
03/17/2007 6:37:04 AM PDT by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help m)
To: sukhoi-30mki
I know I'd rather have an F-16E Block 60 with AESA radar, just like the UAE bought, than an F/A-18E.
A Super Hornet is slower than a Hornet.
10 posted on
03/17/2007 8:15:16 AM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: sukhoi-30mki
I just found this kinda weird:
Bruce S. Lemkin, US deputy under secretary of the air force...
Lemkin, a former US Navy officer who has served on six nuclear submarines and commanded two of them...
11 posted on
03/17/2007 3:17:10 PM PDT by
real saxophonist
(The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)
To: sukhoi-30mki
I don't see India purchasing a F-16's when Pakistan fields F-16s.
However, if we are going to sell f-16 Block 60's, Taiwan could use a few dozen.
14 posted on
03/19/2007 8:57:54 PM PDT by
rmlew
(It's WW4 and the Left wants to negotiate with Islamists who want to kill us , for their mutual ends)
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