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Korean T50, F35?
It helps to read the op..colombo gazette.
How it works is if someone spreads a rumour then the one about whom the rumour is about, comes out refutes..I haven't seen any denial from the lankans..like how the malaysians immediately denied the news about jf17.
Sri Lanka to Buy 8 Sino-Pak JF-17 Fighter Jets | The Diplomat
Revealed: Why Sri Lanka Backed Off the Sino-Pakistani JF-17 Thunder | The Diplomat
Shortly after Sharif’s visit, Sri Lanka’s minister of defense, Karunasena Hettiarachchi, denied that the JF-17 was even discussed. “The matter did not even come up for discussion during the talks [with the Pakistani government],” he said, according to The Colombo Gazette. He added that “if there arises a requirement for Sri Lanka to procure aircraft of this nature, in keeping with the policy of the Government of Sri Lanka to maintain transparency, expressions of interest will be called for, from all concerned.”
Which means this is an open tender for bidding and JF17, LCA, Grippen etc everyone is free to compete..the Lankas will not go pick and buy a fighter like super market shopping...'
However, mere days after the deal was reported, sources claimed that the deal had been cancelled. The reason for the cancellation of the deal is revealing of current diplomatic dynamics in South Asia. According to TheIndian Express, the Sri Lankan government, led by President Maithripala Sirisena, canceled its plans to purchase the JF-17s after a “diplomatic missive” from New Delhi suggesting that Colombo should refrain from adding these aircraft to its fleet.
The report adds that New Delhi included a negative technical assessment of the JF-17 and “pointed out that [Sri Lanka's] defense requirements did not need fighters.” According to the report, the Indian government delivered a “non-paper”–described as a “white sheet of paper without a letterhead of signature”–to the Sri Lankan government weeks ahead of Sharif’s planned visit.
And then there is the typical Indian cheapness and interference...LCA is being hailed as the holy grail of fighters when its exports and spare parts cannot even be guranteed by Indians because forigen engine and avionics will needs its own permission to sell..LCA has a good potential to become another JAS Griffen fiasco..a very good demonstrator...very little export potential...India is the cry baby of Asia!.
It doesn’t appear that India is planning on offering Sri Lanka a substitute for the JF-17. New Delhi’s suggestion that Sri Lanka does not require multi-role fighters for its defense needs suggests that it does not plan to do so in the future. (The closest Indian analog, in terms of cost-per-unit, is the HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft, but its feature-set is very different from what the JF-17 offers.)
There goes indian wet dream down the drain with some drain opener for a good added measure.
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