What if LAVI hasn't been cancelled?

Concerning export markets such as India and China.
Wouldn’t the US have a veto over this with regard to technology transfer, a lot having come from America?

I can't see them objecting to India by 1990 or South Africa by the time Mandela is a free man.
 

nova2010

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A very good article that I translated sourse here

Who would have thought? Years ago Israel was on developing the most advanced fighter aircraft in the world, Lavi, and manufacturers of aircraft from the West beat the door with a desire to participate in the project Lavi, or try to sell competing aircraft in the Air Force of Israel.

And now, Israel is moving to give the F-35, at a price of 150 million U.S. dollars a piece. Not only is the issue of the astronomical price of U.S. aircraft concerned about Israel, but the fact that it will not be able to change the fighter to meet the specific needs of Israel, and the issue of integrating Israeli electronics.

Just imagine the position of Israel today, if this program Lavi was not had canceled . The IAF would try the most advanced fighter in the world, upgrading and integrating the operational experience and newer technology. Much of the industry leader of Israel. Israel Aerospace Industries would become one of the leading manufacturers of military aircraft in the world, and most importantly, a number of options were now open for the IAF, in the choice of the next generation fighter .

Opponents of the Lavi said then that the program was too big for Israel. Currently classified as narrow-minded skeptics, and certainly unable to predict the economic development of Israel in the coming years. Now, a proposal must be released $ 3,000,000,000 for 20 F-35.

The assumption for past mistakes is a rare human quality. The Dan Halutz, an ace fighter pilot and former commander of the IAF, a supporter of the cancellation of the program Lavi, acknowledges in his recent book that was a big mistake to cancel the project.

There are currently alternatives for Israel? The original plan was to buy 75 F-35, which would cost over 11 billion U.S. dollars, but it is too expensive. Today is the issue of purchasing 20 F-35 for $ 3,000,000,000.

Does Israel still has the technological capability to design a first class fighter? There is no doubt that some of the possibilities that existed at the time of the Lavi program have been lost, but as has been proven again and again, Israel is a world class technological capability. The success in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles is only one of a number of examples.

The search for funding for a new fighter must be carried out in cooperation with willing partners. You should seek partners who are willing to invest resources in such a program, who have the necessary technological skills and who do not participate in the program for F-35.

There are the candidates? Theoretically, yes. France, with a large aerospace industry, has chosen not to participate in the program for F-35. There is Russia. Maybe none of them would not really interested, you might be interested and all of them. Worth a try.
 
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Israel doesn't use upgraded 'Varks, Australia is the only other country to use them, until 11 December this year that is.
 
Israel doesn't use upgraded 'Varks, Australia is the only other country to use them, until 11 December this year that is.

And I don't think even then the RAAF will be forever retiring the F-111, either. The Super Hornet doesn't entirely replace the F-111, as much as the RAAF would like them to.
 

Cook

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And I don't think even then the RAAF will be forever retiring the F-111, either. The Super Hornet doesn't entirely replace the F-111, as much as the RAAF would like them to.

The Super Hornet is an interim replacement until the F-35 becomes available.

And that too will not have the capabilities of the old Pig.

For those that don’t know the Pig (F-111) was purchased long long ago because it could hit Jakarta from air bases in Northern Australia.
 
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