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Originally posted by quaneeri
Canada, Denmark and the UK have all previously confirmed their involvement
Originally posted by ultra_phoenix
Great, I just send an email to the Belgian DoD. I asked them why they are not on this program.
Originally posted by MakodFilu
Because we europeans want to be less dependent of US technology and the following programs could be a better affordable alternative?
Gripen:
www.airforce-technology.com...
Mako:
www.airforce-technology.com...
Originally posted by MakodFilu
But this thread is about the F-35 (should it be called X-35? or the F-35 denomination is official? I didn't see that oficially stated).
There is no point on having the 'bestest' of all 'bester' fighters if you can't afford a single squadron of them: Want the best? Then command the USAF (and the Navy) to only purchase F-22s, and forget about the JSF, which is 'inferior'.
As the Typhoon is almost as costly as the F-22, Makos or Grippens would make more sense in supporting roles, keeping the Thyphoons for the missions these really should be in.
Rafales? That are for the Frenchs! It's not a bad plane, only that the Eurofighter is better, a match for the F-22 (the F-35 would be beatened, but as stated, they are from different classes), or more exactly, for its intended targets: Su-27 --> Su-35
[Edited on 2002-12-15 by MakodFilu]
Originally posted by ultra_phoenix
But it's stupid. It was a better idea to join the USA on the F-22 Raptor project ( who's the best one ).Less cost for everybody. It should be better to have an international project between all the EU nations and the USA. The same airfighter for everybody.
Originally posted by KKing123
Why is Boeing involved in this discussion? they didn't win the F-35 contract