Featured BREAKING: Taiwan signs deal to buy 66 F-16 jets from US defence giant Lockheed Martin

[Ultima Thule]

USA wants to subsidize the f16..the way its doing it now is by suppling a single standaradized version called block 70..every one will get this version. the order will be by USA dod and it will act as conduit for further providing it to allies.

so basically USA has just ordered 90 f16s at cost of 4.9b dollars and will now distribute it to its allies, 66 will got to tiawan

this approach has dropped the f16 price from 100 million dollars to less than 60m apiece.
now i guess training and weapons will be a separate cost. but this has made f16 a very attractive option among all the countries that were leaning to buy Gripen/typhoon/rafale or some neutral companies who wanted to buy russian equipment

Is it F-16 block-70/72 and F-21 are same or they are different sir???

 

[ziaulislam]

Is it F-16 block-70/72 and F-21 are same or they are different sir???

f-21 was customized per Indian requirements..just like Indian rafales went through very expensive modifications e.g including a decoy
block 70 is therefore not a f-21, f-21 probably would have been much more advance and expensive

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

F-16 line is about to shut down without new orders. Biden will block the order considering he is China shill.

 

[ziaulislam]

F-16 line is about to shut down without new orders. Biden will block the order considering he is China shill.

doubt it..once its goes through its goes through..senators and congressman wont like it

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

doubt it..once its goes through its goes through..senators and congressman wont like it

China is far more valuable to US than Taiwan is. Reason why US broke diplomatic relation with Taiwan in the first place.

 

[Ultima Thule]

F-16 line is about to shut down without new orders. Biden will block the order considering he is China shill.

Biden is nothing if Congress decides nothing happened to the production of f16

 

[Ultima Thule]

China is far more valuable to US than Taiwan is. Reason why US broke diplomatic relation with Taiwan in the first place.

And they treated China as a enemy

 

[Beast]

66 is a number to consider seriously but more importantly Usa and Taiwan simply challenge and scraps China's sovereignity claims on Taiwan. So what will be China's answer to this?

Lockheed martin any civilian project for China market will be scrapped. And they are kissed goodbye for China rare earth. Any Lockheed martin management once step into China will be arrested immediately and punish under China law.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

And they treated China as a enemy

Only Trump. Only Trump.

 

[Beast]

J-10C is not superior but may on par, they have decades of experience to design and develop avionics/ AESA and other system and China is relatively new comer o this field

You are an american, of cos. You speaks with emotion rather than merit.

 

[Beast]

INSHALLAH hopefully you would hear about a F 16 Block 70/72 deal with Pakistan soon.

It will never come. India has already know all secrets of F-16V as US has offer IAF but rejected. F-16V with sanction and US control is more of liability than asset.

 

[Beast]

J-10C has canards which increase the RCS as compared to F-16....

F-16 is not designed for high speed, high attitude high-G turning. A big reason why Gripen, EuroTyphoon, Rafale and J-10 goes for canard design. When comes to evading BVRAAM, canard design has higher survival chances to shake off missile compare to F-16.

RCS is not important since both design are not started with stealth in mind in the first place.

But if you want to talk about RCS reduction. J-10C has DSI which reduced fan blade exposure compare to F-16 air inlet.

 

[zhxy]

China may develop a fighter similar to the F-16.
China's F-16 will be better than Taiwan's F-16

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

F-16 is old design. J-10C is way better anyway.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

You are an american, of cos. You speaks with emotion rather than merit.

He is a big yank *** licker.