Arsalan
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Even if we go with your strategy, By the indicators available, Thunder in low role, and the high role(FC20) not delivered till 2015. leaves us a major gap in case the Bl52s dont come. The current F16s are optimzed for low roles again. So we have a hiatus which will need to be covered much earlier. If Bl52s come, we dont have any worries as we can order FC20s as they mature. Either M2Ks or Rafale would be the only candidate to fill this gap quickly, the former more so than the latter. Or we look East ahgain towardsJ11s.
I doubt if there is another option if we dont get Bl52s.
My 2 paisas worth.
Araz
first of all sir, accept my congratulations on being promoted on the forum! keep it going!!
secondly i really appreciate as you have very rightly analyzed the situation. i have to agree on this.
but sir dont you think rafale will be a bit too expensive and also that J11 wont be comming due to a hell of problems that we have already discussed!
what you have described seem to be the real situation but i am afraid we wont be having an easy way out!
regards!