In recent years, the issue of the export of Xiaolong fighters has attracted attention, and it has become an opportunity for many people to take the opportunity to give pointers to domestically-made equipment. It seems that when a country wants to purchase fighters, Xiaolong has become the model to participate in the bidding, Regardless of whether there is really a bidding activity, then he shouted: Xiaolong was abandoned by this country, and that country rejected , such as: Thailand. The plan to upgrade F5 fighters was said by many people as: Another country gave up the plan to introduce Xiaolong. In other words: The country would rather upgrade expensive old fighters than cheap Xiaolong. We can’t remember this pot. Because Thailand has no idea of purchasing Xiaolong fighters, the existing information can only prove that Thailand is against Xiaolong fighters. Expressed certain interest, but it was far from reaching the level of procurement considered.
F5
Thailand to upgrade F5 fighter is a helpless move! This is the only option for . There is no second possibility. After weighing various conditions, it can only give up the idea of introducing any new fighter, and would rather do your best to upgrade a master fighter.
The Thai Air Force has selected the Swedish Lion Eagle fighter in the new generation of fighters, which means that only additional orders for this fighter can be ordered in the future, and the problems of similar fighters cannot be considered. From this point, Xiaolong is excluded.
Xiaolong
is only considering the issue of obtaining a low-cost fighter plane for the sake of maintaining the size of the Air Force fleet. This is the only decisive factor for cost, and performance can only be ranked behind. It is not necessary to introduce new fighters. It is possible to purchase second-hand old fighters or upgrade active fighters. Obviously, Thailand has no cheaper method other than upgrading F5 fighters. The cost of the
Xiaolong fighter is not cheap anymore. Even with the advantages of low cost, the unit price is still at the level of 35 million US dollars. If you want to accept the Xiaolong fighter, the maintenance of Thailand is still a big trouble.
F5
The Thai Air Force’s equipment is of Western standard, which is not compatible with Xiaolong. Xiaolong only incorporates some Western concepts in its design and can install some Western-made equipment, but its overall manufacturing and maintenance still adopt Chinese standards, which are still consistent with Western standards. There is a big difference, and many devices are not universal. It is equivalent to establishing a related supporting system almost from scratch, which will cause a very large increase in expenditure.
F5
In contrast, the upgraded F5 fighter is obviously much cheaper. The price for a simple upgrade of an F5 in Thailand is only about 8.5 million U.S. dollars, and a fully complicated upgrade is more than 23 million U.S. dollars. This cost is quite cheap, but considering that the service life will only increase by about 15 years after the upgrade. The overall cost is less than a brand new fighter.
However, Thailand’s requirement is only to maintain the size of the army. Another 15 years of use is enough. This time is enough to gain time for the adoption of a new generation of fighters. After the modern air force enters the era of the fifth generation of aircraft, Thailand is more concerned about procurement. This is the real development direction for the fifth generation machine project.
Lion Eagle
Thailand does not consider Xiaolong fighter planes completely reasonable, there is no need to imagine, but forcibly the opponent does not need it, explained as Xiaolong’s failure, made a mistake of thinking!
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