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Indian View of MRCA: Hitting an air pocket

G2 Solutions @ November 3, 2009 # No Comment Yet

As we said during one of the IAF podcast about Rafale: “We would probably recommend getting out altogether of that market”.  Unless the Indian acquisition process can be improved,  we are still reserved as to the actual profitability of the initial contract.
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As the world commemorates the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War [...]

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Semper Souped Up - Super Viper

G2 Solutions @ March 2, 2009 # No Comment Yet

Lockheed Martin has intensified its marketing campaign in India during the recent Aero-India show.
Here is a close up of the Super Viper F-16-60 that LMT is hoping to sell to the IAF.

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Rafales vs. F-16Cs

G2 Solutions @ December 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Video courtesy of AdA

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Israel Strikes From the Air

G2 Solutions @ December 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet

As expected, Hel Ha-Avir was involved in a series of precision strikes against targets in the Gaza strip this morning.  According to Israeli news sources,  approximately 100 aircraft (mostly F-16s)  were involved in the operation (although numbers greatly differ depending on the reliability of the source), delivering precision ordnance against those targets in a space [...]

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Iraq Lobbying to Get F-16s Before Bush Administration Ends

G2 Solutions @ October 17, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Geostrategy-Direct is reporting this morning that the Iraqi government has been lobbying Congress and major U.S. DoD contractors for the sale of F-16s to the Iraqi Air Force.  The authors said the government of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki wanted a decision before the end of the Bush administration in January 2009.

This will remain a [...]

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A matter of time?

mmerluzeau @ July 12, 2008 # No Comment Yet

This past week showed a significant deterioration of the situation in the Middle East. Despite significant progress in Iraq, tensions with Iran have again spiked following a series of SRBM and IRBM missile tests there.
The following has emerged over the past few weeks:
- Israel has been conducting large scale exercises involving 100+ combat aircraft, AEW [...]

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