To: sukhoi-30mki
It stands to reason that the Indonesians would prefer to purchase their hardware from a fellow-muslim country like Sweden.
2 posted on
10/30/2015 8:33:02 PM PDT by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Wait, I get the offset and the other items, but what the hell is “industrial cooperation”? Giving them the critical parts of the design? Importing their manufactured products to your country?
3 posted on
10/30/2015 8:59:01 PM PDT by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: sukhoi-30mki
The Gripen is a lot cheaper than the F-16.
4 posted on
10/30/2015 9:11:47 PM PDT by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Nothing worse than spending big bucks on high-tech equipment, then not being able to use it because of lack of support. I wouldn't blame Indonesia if it never bought another US plane.
The F-16 is clearly superior, it's a shame our gov't chose to play politics by cutting off the spare parts for the F-16's they already had.
Taiwan also had an issue with some F-16's that were never delivered due to US gov't interference. Does anyone sense a pattern?
6 posted on
10/30/2015 11:03:48 PM PDT by
ZOOKER
(Until further notice the /s is implied...)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Don’t forget that the Gripen has enough U.S. content that it will require U.S. approval for export sale by Sweden.
11 posted on
10/31/2015 4:54:39 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
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