Fighter jets for the Air Corps?

I'm not clear on the weapon and sensor comparisons between this and the Gripen. Online the Gripen seems to win most comparisons. If that's fair or not I don't know. Some talk of the meteor missile.

How much of that weapon capability on the FA50 operational vs aspirational. Because that seems be where light fighters fall down in the past. Some of these systems are never deployed on these types.

Anything can take a sidewinder.

One of the fixes is fixing the paint. Maybe it's "super paint"

Poland is getting serious fire power from South Korea the aircraft and artillery along with tanks.

Yeah completely agree, it’s strange that both coalition party’s over there actually agreed on that increase with it being such a jump to 5% they are normally very conservative spenders, but they are spending big and rightly so to be fair. It would be interesting to see what factors where taken into account considering there was a top level resignation from PiS just before the announcement.

I daresay the only factor taken into account was the big chuffing War going on in the Country next door.

I would doubt that the FA-50 are intended to replace the Sukhois, they're a different beast altogether.

But for training towards the F-16 and for conducting tactical anti-armour strikes at an Army massing on the border, they're just the ticket.

Money and policy and all that which requires the luxury of time are of no matter at the moment. All thats going on is NATO is fixing to equip its vulnerable members as quickly and as massively as possible, using allied suppliers, such as South Korea.

It may be that Countries like Poland are being expedited for new fighter/attack aircraft in order to send their old Soviet era hardware to Ukraine.

In my opinion, the best thing that NATO could do right away, is start quietly reactivating its Gen 4 fighters that are in storage in the American desert. Simple and plentiful F-16s would make a big difference in the East, especially in those countries with ex Soviet hardware suitable for donation.

You would nearly think that something happened near poland that that they are arming themselfs to the teeth!

If I was handed a cheque for 5 Billion quid and was told, 'this is for the Air Corps only and you may only purchase F-21s with it....I'd hand the cheque back and walk away.

Maybe the Yanks will make a $5 billion contribution to Ireland via their new version of Lend Lease? 😃

Meanwhile Lockheed Martin seem to be promoting the F-21 & F-50 worldwide sales campaign. I didn't even know even India was involved with them?

I don't think any Lend Lease would happen but I would love to see the meltdown of the hard left PBP Daly, Wallace types, & SF would be tying themselves in knots!

Unfortunately the rest of the politicians & parties are frightened of the small minority faction of the hard left & their overrepresentation in national media.

I noticed in the recent article I posted about Polish arms and aircraft purchase fron south Korea....that the delivery of the light fighters is extremely rapid. Impressed.

They South Koreans are some operators . I remember warching a programme on the Hyundai ship yards. Even down how to cook had being planned

We are a member of the European Union and an attack on the EU is an attack on our quality of life and freedoms. The scenario is not "what if Russia decides to unilaterally invade Ireland".

We are on the front line of any conflict between Europe and any world power. A war at sea (our neck of the woods) is much more tolerable than a war on land, in the east of Europe for example.

In WW2, our neutrality counted for nothing and but for Britons merchant marine we would have been sucking on turf for nutrition.

If I stopped paying for house insurance in the morning, I wouldn't notice a jot of difference tomorrow morning, or the day after that. But only a looper would go without house insurance.

You should change your username to 'TheNonsense89'.

If your fictional scenario and over exaggerating of our defense forces was true which its not... we wouldn't be much use to the defense of Europe anyway would we considering the capability of the defense forces or lack of em... and ironically enough we couldn't be further from the frontline we are the very definition of "safety" when it comes to a war vs Russia.

A better analogy would be if you kept paying house insurance only to find out when you needed it, it doesn't do jack **** and was incapable of fulfilling its purpose in the first place.

Kind Regards,

TheTruth89.

Who's gonna attack us? the UK at one side and America at the other we can more than afford to have no defense force at all.

Ah stop its getting ridiculous now the baaais floating over on the ferry to defend europe 🤣🤣