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Originally Posted by JBodnar39
In addition to the value of the US dollar, reasons that the F-15T was chosen are as follows:
Typhoon - Could not deliver the quantitiy of Tranche 2 quick enough.
Rafale - A great plane, but Singapore was looking for a strike aircraft to replace its A-4's. It already has multi-role fighters in the form of F-16 Blk 50's. The Raf is a great plane, but the F-15T is a better strike platform (better A-G radar, heavier weaspons load, larger variety of weapons, and much greater range)
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That's it. And there are two more points to mention. Point 1: Singapore is a very very very small country that's surrounded by potential enemies and is dependent on the US as their protector. I think that influenced the decision crucially.
Point 2: All the infrastructure and aircraft weapons of Singapore are aligned after american fighter jets. If the decision had been fallen on the Rafale Singapore would had need to buy french aircraft weapons as the Rafale is not compatible to AIM-120, AIM-9 etc. Instead the shelters of Singapore are full of Sidewinders and AMRAAMs. So it was an economic decision.