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To: Hodar
“No one matches a US F-16. No one.”

Not even close. Th F-16s is just another ....”had been”. Today it is nothing more then a sorry piece of junk when pitted against the likes of Su-30MK, J-12, Su-35s not to mention the stealthy J-20. All of them qualitatively superior to F-16s not to mention FAR superior in quantity and capability. The only reason why US is now ready to sell F-16s to Taiwan is because it has very little effect on the overall power balance against China.

15 posted on 05/02/2012 11:43:10 AM PDT by ravager
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To: ravager
Not even close. Th F-16s is just another ....”had been”.

Whoa, there cowboy

I've never said that the F-16 is the greatest airplane in the world. It's common knowledge that it's far from the best plane out there. There are superior aircraft almost everywhere - significantly more expensive - but there are better aircraft (not counting the F-35 or F-22).

What I am saying is that we do not sell our F-16's with the cutting edge electronics, ECMs, weaponry, radar and engines - we save the 'best' for ourselves. Taiwan is buying a proven airframe, they then can load the airframe with engines, radar, ECMs and other goodies that they either produce themselves, or from older technology that we do sell.

17 posted on 05/02/2012 12:36:13 PM PDT by Hodar ( Who needs laws; when this FEELS so right?)
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