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To be fair I can understand where they are coming from. You shouldn't really publicly disclose which components is made by who. A simple "X% of components are made at PT PAL" should suffice for any mildly interested party.

Oh well that's good. At least force multipliers would get Link Y connectivity.

Because you still need a TDL for things that don't require Link 16 or Link Y integration. For example smaller patrol boats or tactical/armored vehicles. That's where the proposed LEN link comes in. For the most part, you only need Link 16/Link Y for assets that you know are going to work with...

That the thing. The respective governments involved would appoint a third party (in this case SCYTALIS) to do the integration work and each government would individually assess that third party to make sure that none of the respective confidential technologies would be leaked to the other...

Both. What I get from that Tweet is that the Indonesian Government wants the code so they can do the integration themselves with LEN. Which is stupid and isn't going to happen. No one is going to be willing to give source code for that, be they Russian, Chinese, American, or European. The best...

Likely that.

They can if they were given the tools and permission to do so by Rosonoboroexport. But unfortunately they didn't. Unlike the Western European and American deals, the Russian deals have never included any sort of ToT, local content, or offset deal.

It very likely could be a mix of new built V's and upgraded EDA's. We can't really afford that many new built planes.

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We have the CONTROLmaster 200, not the longer ranged Ground Master.

Electrical sub components are also German made.

They should really just relegate small arms production to private companies. They really don't have the capacity to do everything while meeting quotas set by MenHan.

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/2020/05/13/58d9e1b0-9e66-44c3-988e-c05c94e5e27e There is an active USAF program getting lots of international attention that essentially upgrades the planes through Block 60/62 (short of the Singaporean and SK Block 72's). If anything they would...

That's honestly my best guess. If they do plan on continuing with the program then makes more sense to just replace the Flankers with the KFX. If not then we're just going to have this drama even until 6th gens starts coming online in the 2040's.

Dude, if you ever had to run around in full PPE gear + gas mask, trust me you would much rather die choking on a nerve agent.

Oh don't get me wrong, I would much rather they get new Vipers on top of EDA F-16's upgraded to the V standard. At the very least they would have substantially lower hours.

Somebody from DefenceTalk speculated that it could be a more "economical" plan by the AU to get 11 combat ready squadrons. You can have 3 squadrons of brand new fighters (Whether F-16V's, Eurofighters, or Rafales) along with 3 squadrons of used F-16's either upgraded to the Block 52ID or the V...

I hope that they go through with getting Paveway II's after this. I heard some talk here and there about bunker-busting capability so who knows. Though I hope to all hell that they would finally consider stand-off capability with the JSOW.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lockheed-martin-completes-f-16-durability-testing-milestone-300169875.html You guys might be interested in reading through this. 27000 simulated hours onto an air frame and the Viper is still going strong. Putting a 10000 hour air frame through SLEP...

Don't go about using whataboutisms as arguments, since you're essentially comparing apples to oranges here. And I'm not going to debate about that since we all know how far off topic that is going to be. At no point have I ever mentioned that I don't believe the US can't do anything. You are...