steve2267 wrote:Corsair1963 wrote:
So, I believe the real question is when will India acquire the F-35 not "if".
If India is hard over on co-production of the F-35... I predict the year 2070 when the US will be rolling out 7th Gen aircraft...
I doubt co-production is an option for India or at least in the short-term. Yet, it could be an option long-term. As a matter of fact Lockheed Martin has suggested. That co-production of the F-16 today. Could lead to co-production of the F-35 in the future.........
My guess is India will acquire a modest number of F-35's in the coming decade. Which, could be followed by Indian examples further down the road....
Why??? Because as I said she have no other real option....
"IMHO"