Serbia seeks 12-16 new fighter aircraft

[Coati]

How Serbia will be able to pay for it, is still unclear, but it seems a new fighter competition is emerging:

Top Serbian defence officials have said the country was evaluating Russian Sukhoi Su-30, the United States-made F16 and F18, France's Rafale, Sweden's JAS Gripen, Chinese JF-17 or the internationally-made Eurofighter.

"We would ideally need between 12 and 16 new planes to secure our air space," he said. "A billion euros would do."

Will be a nice potential client for the F-16 or Gripen, I guess.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/ ... G020111216

[jp 74]

Serbian su 30 would also be nice!

[SquAdmin]

I'm surprised to see the JF-17 in this list. It's a light weight fighter and I doubt if it can compete with any of the other competitors except for pricing. J-10 would make more sense...

[Hans Rolink]

I'm surprised to see the JF-17 in this list.

I'm not...

It's a light weight fighter and I doubt if it can compete with any of the other competitors except for pricing. J-10 would make more sense...

Pricing may be its strong point. Apart from that, it is at least on paper quite capable. The reason the Pakistanis wanted it developed was the lack of BVR weapons with the F-16 Block 15´s, the embargo on further F-16 supplies for long years and the fact that no other PakAF jet had BVR weapons.

Hans.

[ehusmann]

I'm surprised to see the JF-17 in this list. It's a light weight fighter and I doubt if it can compete with any of the other competitors except for pricing. J-10 would make more sense...

It can, as long as the demands are not too strict. And if so, pricing might even become its key selling point. Whether it will result in a really capable and strong air force is a completely different matter of course....

Erwin