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Originally Posted by Jimmy
Aside from India and China, I dont think there's ANY market for it. Nobody wants to pay that kind of money. Hell, even the US Congress is trying to avoid paying for it.
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Would you say middile east with the oil money (Iran UAE etc. etc.) will not fall for it, many AFs today could do with WW-2 prop planes with cannons and iron bombs, however if a need for a stronger AF arises it will not be easy to do so in the requried time.
If these planes become the next big thing in showing off, nations will buy them, and as nations buy them others will follow, when such a capability that presents new set of challenges is operational at a large scale, justification for the investmentthat have to be made will be available.
Look at the F-35 program, i am sure i will provide enough reasons for other nations to go for similar capability.
As for the defence situation, the more it changes, the more it seems to remain the same, there will always be a need, we are humans with all our imperfections.