US Dangles The F-35 Carrot!

US Dangles The F-35 Carrot!

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Unmatched stealth and super cruise - the Indian Air Force got a glimpse of the future of air combat in an American presentation on its next-generation fighter, the F-35, on Tuesday.
There were indications that the US is willing to share this new weapon with India, but it's clearly a carrot for giving the older F-16 a leg up in the Indian tender for 126 fighter aircraft.

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[edit on 18-7-2007 by mikesingh]

And the icing on the cake is that India is being told that it can have the new generation stealth fighter for the price of an F-16!

Now is that going to be a good bargain? A quid pro quo that seems to me to be a raw deal. After all India would be investing over $12 Billion in these fighters which will be rendered obsolete by a similarly-priced aircraft? Does this make sense?


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[edit on 18-7-2007 by mikesingh]