Siram had known for a long time that this matter was not so easy to complete. Sure enough, the US still did not forget to sell their f16. However, this time Burns made a f35 a list as an option for sale. So compared to the US's previous willingness to sell f16f18, today it is a big step forward.

"Thank you very much to Mr. Burns for your advice, we will consider these suggestions seriously." Seeing that new results are unlikely to be achieved today, Siram ended the visit very wisely.

It is already a very successful day to be able to obtain political support from the US to list the Kashmir Muslim Liberation Front as a terrorist organization. It is also a surprise that the US can also make it easier for it to purchase F35, although it is necessary to sell F16 that the Indian side does not want.

Now, Siram needs to go back quickly and communicate with the country accordingly, so that the domestic bigwigs can quickly discuss a new countermeasure and take advantage of the situation to advance the current good situation.

"Okay, gentlemen, let's start." Asan Defense Minister Anthony, who presided over the meeting, said when he saw that everyone was here. After receiving the news from Siram, the Asan military urgently held a joint meeting of the three armed forces in New Delhi. Defense Minister Anthony, Army Chief of Staff General Singh, Air Force Chief of Staff General Ville, Navy Chief of Staff General Kumar and other military leaders attended to discuss the latest weapon purchase plan.

"I believe everyone has received a report sent back by Mr. Siram. The good news is that the US has finally let it go and can sell f35. It is just that it is frustrating that they hope to place it with f16. What do gentlemen have in this situation?"

Faced with Anthony's problem, Air Force Chief of Staff Will will be the first to say, "Gentlemen, I think this is a good thing. You should know that our third-generation fighter jets have less than 30 squadrons so far, while our old rival, the Pakistani Air Force, has 15 JF-17 squadrons, 3 F16 squadrons and 6 J10 squadrons and other third-generation fighter jets. They also have nearly 6 squadrons of MiG21 as reserve supplementary forces. On the Western Front battlefield, we have only deployed less than 15 squadrons of third-generation fighter jets and 6 MiG21 squadrons of reserve forces. Our air force is obviously weaker than our opponents on the Western Front."

"In this case, I think we not only need to purchase the fourth-generation stealth fighter as a killer weapon, but it is also necessary for us to continue to purchase the third-generation fighter to supplement our relatively weak air power. I personally think that if the price is right, we can purchase the US F35 and F16 in a 1:3 way to greatly improve our current weakness in the Western Front battlefield. In addition, we cannot purchase too much in the purchase of the fourth-generation fighter. After all, we can mass-produce the t50 we studied with Russia. Compared with the f35, I am more optimistic about the t50."

It seems that Vier will have no objection to the US forcibly selling it. When Pakistan has not yet equipped the fourth-generation fighter, Vier will immediately believe that the US's fourth-generation fighter is not very cost-effective. Although the US has not yet quoted it, judging from the previous price sold to its allies, the price of each F35 will definitely not be less than US$150 million.

This price is enough to buy three F16s. According to Vier's understanding of F35, in addition to invisible capabilities, F35 is almost the same as F16cd. In this case, the relatively cheap F16cd is more economical and affordable for the Indian side.

Judging from the current situation, because the price of the fourth-generation fighter is too high, it is unlikely that neighboring countries will launch the fourth-generation fighter on a large scale in a short period of time. For a considerable period of time in the future, Verma believes that the situation will still be dominated by the third-generation fighter jets, and the fourth-generation fighter jets will be used as surprises and killer weapons.

But obviously, others do not agree with Verma. "Mr. Verma, I don't think so," General Singh, chief of staff of the Army, stood up and opposed. "From the demand of the future air force, I think the transformation toward the fourth-generation fighter jet is an inevitable major trend. The fourth-generation fighter jet has a great advantage over the third-generation fighter jet. In this case, I don't think it can be invested in outdated fighter jets like F16. Relatively speaking, the funds invested in F16 are not as good as investing in Apache."

Singer knew Velma's thoughts well. He wanted to further strengthen the number of third-generation fighter jets that the Air Force had frozen. Since the military has now concentrated a large amount of investment on the T50. Faced with high early research and development investment, the Indian side could not give up the T50 project and devote himself to the f35 fighter jets. This destined that the Indian side was unlikely to purchase the f35 on a large scale, let alone buy the third-generation fighter jets on a large scale.

However, due to the repeated delays of the t50 project, the mass production time has been postponed from 2017 to 2018, and there is still no hope of production. It is estimated that it will not be truly put into mass production until 2019 to 2020.

During this gap period, news came that China mass-produced two fourth-generation fighter jets, J20 and J21, which naturally made the Air Force urgently seek a realistic alternative. Therefore, when China began mass-producing two fourth-generation fighter jets, J20 and J21, it proposed to the United States to purchase F35 as a transition.

According to the Air Force's plan, before the T50 is put into production, the Air Force needs 35 F35 fighter squadrons to offset the production and installation speed of about 20 fourth-generation fighter jets in China each year.

"We need a small but powerful fourth-generation fighter jet to seize air supremacy, and then our superior army will solve the battle. In this case, I think the role of Apache is greater than that of F16. Moreover, we do not have qualified F16 pilots, and even if we purchase F16, it is impossible to form combat power in a short period of time. However, we have a large number of qualified Apache pilots. We can form combat power after arrival." Admiral Singh is the chief of staff of the Army, so he naturally hopes to buy more Apache armed helicopters that belong to the Army.

The military expenditure is only so much every year. If it is spent by the Air Force, the Army will not have any operas, so Singer opposes the opening of another third-generation aircraft.

The competition between the various services for limited military resources has always been very fierce. Obviously, the US wants to sell more fighter jets to India through tying and selling to gain more benefits. In this regard, except that Verma is just right, the Army and the Navy do not agree to put too much resources on the Air Force through tying and selling.

So, Secretary of Defense Anthony will soon start arguing when he sees the Chief of Staff of the Army.

"Okay, gentlemen, on the one hand, we have to consider our needs," Anthony hurried out to smooth things over, "but we have to consider the US's suggestions as well."

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