MRCA, the qualifiers?

SU 30 MKs, F 18s, Rafales and just maybe F 15 as well as the little F16 are the only available MRCA available in the market today. The rest are just desparate wannabes at the moment, ever unshamefully claiming that they are.

Gripen and Typhoon are trying very hard to be accepted in mile high club. There is much work to be done until they qualify.

Future fifth gereration stealth fighters from Russia/India Korea/Indonesia and China are lasing their sights to multirole concept too. F 35 seem to take the same path too while F22 and one of Japan have never stated that is their intention. Surprisingly even Iran have stated that their just out of the news stealth fighter will have multirole capabilities.

There have been discussion of F 22 having multirole capability but no decision to the effect have been made but rather ignored. Of course America have other types to do the job.

However not all countries can afford many types of fast jets in their airforces. Majority of the buyers market wants only one type of aircraft, the most two. That why one type that would do most jobs would be best for them, especially for economic and logistic purposes.

TAKEOFF!!!

Asian air forces has long intrigue me and I am sure many of you. With the short availability of funds and also lacking in technology it is a big wonder how Asia's air forces are still able to keep it together, yet they still do, evolving into matured handlers of these modern aircrafts.  They also have not stop there as some are now involve in designing, building and instrumenting their own new indigenous models.

So lets not waste another second. Let discussions TAKEOFF!!!