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 Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 03:02 PM
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madrat wrote:
Has Taiwan planned upgrades to their F-CK-1 to coincide with the F-16A upgrades? They bought way more MICA missiles than they'll ever fire from the 2K's. Maybe they should think about at least integrating them into the F-CK-1 to supplement their artificially restricted to near knife-fighting F-16's. Who could envy their position of facing R-77's? I'm sure the AIM-9X only got approved to head off a purchase from Israel.
The reason that they didn't do that was the same as the reason they didn't equipped the original block 20 Vipers with Sky Sword II instead of AIM-7s. Without technical support from the manufacture it's next to impossible to devise a working interface, and after the La Fayette - class frigate debacle coupled with the recent technical difficulties with current Mirage 2000-5s, there's pretty much no chance of ever getting that.
And there're approximately 120 120C5s and some 218 C7s in stock, so I would say the real problem with Taiwanese BVR engagement would lies in how they utilize their E-2Ts (pretty much just UHF transmitters these [Link pending approval]) |
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Posted: Feb 11, 2012 - 04:12 PM
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I would would say the real problem with Taiwanese BVR engagement would lies in how they utilize their E-2Ts (pretty pretty much just UHF transmitters these days...)
OUCH! That's a pretty harsh criticism of the E-2 old Hawkeye. Even if it isn't an export version of the newer E-2D which still uses some UHF technology by the way see <a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/cutaway-technical-description-e-2d-may-not-look-pretty-but-packs-big-new-bunch-344539/">flightglobal.com/</a>
But your points on technical support from the aircraft manufacturers is well taken. And unfortunately unless the current administration changes its mind, it looks like Taiwan will be between a rock and a hard place for a while. See <a href="http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-15982-postdays-0-postorder-asc.html">U.S. Denies Taiwans Request thread.</a> |
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Posted: Feb 11, 2012 - 05:35 PM
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