2 hours ago, beachbuggy said:

But no one wears a helmet in Thailand

You are correct then the RTAF can save $200K.

Read-em' and weep.  Go with Sukhoi jets.  Less expensive; more reliable.

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023/01/04/new-f-35-engine-deliveries-suspended-amid-ongoing-investigation/

On 1/6/2023 at 3:54 PM, connda said:

Read-em' and weep.  Go with Sukhoi jets.  Less expensive; more reliable.

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023/01/04/new-f-35-engine-deliveries-suspended-amid-ongoing-investigation/

A 2020 analysis by the Royal United Services Institute, a U.K.-based defense think tank, described the Su-57 Felon jets as "not yet having matured into a credible frontline weapons system," but they were nonetheless a stealth aircraft with "potential."

 

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-su-57-fighter-jets-felon-british-ministry-defense-sergei-shoigu-1772157

1. We don't want you. 

2. We don't need you. 

3. We don't want you sharing our technology with the Chinese, and we cannot trust you not to do so. 

4. You are rejected. It won't happen. 

Yo Thailand this is how they do it !

 

Canada finalises deal to buy dozens of F-35 fighter jets from US

 

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Canada has finalised an agreement with the United States and weapons maker Lockheed Martin to purchase 88 F35 Fighter Jets

 

The first four F-35 aircraft are anticipated to be delivered in 2026