Whoaah, guys, dont so bad on the kiddie up north mahh... Never
let me have a chance to tok to him you all scare him away
already...tsk tsk tsk....
Also, the way you all degrade the hornet also reeks a little of
nationalism. While its true that the Hornet is lacking in terms of
range as a strike fighter, it isn't really that bad an aircraft. In
fact, the Hornet is actually a slightly better aircraft than the
standard F-16C/D. In fact, its AoA capability in low speed regime
is unrivalled in the US inventory. The reason why the F-16 wins
more orders is because the F-16 provides MUCH more bang for the
buck. The F-18 is a naval fighter, and was designed for the stress
of carrier landings, thus the airframe is beefed up to absorb the
impacts. That causes the cost of the F-18 to rise without a
commensurate increase in capability.
By the way, a little info to add on to the specs of our F-16s. Our
ALQ-131s are of the Block II version, and we have 6 of these. 18 of
our F-16s also have the APX-109(V)3. Also, I noticed that -t- has
mixed up his jammers a lottle. The ALQ-126 is not the ASPJ, the
ALQ-165 is. The Malaysia just got the ASPJ a few years back. A good
jammer, with jamming capabilities against CW radars - might be a
challenge for our I-HAWKs.
"the US always downgrades the weapons its selling..maybe for
singapore not so much...but at least a bit...they will not give u
the same version they are using with the same high tech weapons and
stuff"
Errr, -t- you are contradicting yourself with this statement.
First, you proudly stated that your F-18Ds are the same version as
USMC's, then you come out with the above statement. Kinda stupid
eh? And if America chooses to downgrade equipment for us, your
equipment will get more downgrading. Sorry, but after learning a
lesson in Iran, I dont think they'd sell their stuff to another
Islamic country without any reservations.
