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Lockheed Martin has made what is being described by sources as a "very general" offer to have Israel Aerospace Industries manufacture fuselage parts for it F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as part of its effort to encourage Israel to buy the aircraft as early as 2014. The Israeli air force has expressed its intention to purchase 25 F-35s with options for another 50, but the $135 million unit price for aircraft in its configuration has put the timing of the acquisition in question.In February 2002 Israel joined the JSF programme as a security co-operation participant, a relatively low status giving it some programme information.The air force and Israeli defence and aerospace industries are attempting through a special liaison office in Washington to influence the final configuration of F-35s for Israel, but their efforts have so far had little effect.
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Israel should ditch the F35 and join Russia and India on the fifth gen fighter project. Their expertise in avionics and sensors will certainly be welcome.
Least they could scale down their dependence on F35 for their future.
Yeah right. India and Russia could certainly need some decent help with that, otherwise there wont even be a flying "5th gen aircraft" for them before 2015, let alone something in regular production.
Well all of us can certainly speak for what is in our hearts but Let be realistic as in matters like Israeli purchase we always know that at least in foreseeable future Israelis won’t be looking for PAK FA as an option. There are dozens and dozens of arguments of why they won’t do this but we all are aware of those so lest not for into hypotical situations
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