Singapore ( together with Israel) joined the programme as
Security Cooperative Participants. Dun really noe what this means,
but it probably means if we order the aircraft, we'll get it before
these countries do:
Level 1 partners ( contributed the most) -
1)UK (US$ 2 billion)
Level 2 partners( contribute a little less) -
1)Italy ( US$ 1 billion)
2) Netherlands(US$ 800 million)
Level 3 partners ( contribute least) -
1) canada ( US$ 400 million)
2)Turkey ( US$ 175 million)
3) Austrailia ( US$ 144 million)
4) norway ( US$ 122 million)
5)Denmark ( US$ 110 million)
I guess that means we're 10th or 11th to get the planes. if all
goes well the 9 partner nations ( level 1,2 and 3) shld buy a total
of about 2500 planes. Full rate production is planned to be about
143 airframes per year. if we are to get the planes and it really
goes by the order mentioned above wouldnt we have to wait at least
20 years before we get the planes? lol, or did i make a mistake
somewhere...
edit: btw anyone noes whether we contributed any funds to the
programme? i dun think so right..
