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But in the context which potential adversaries won’t also have F-16/ MIG-29 equivalents (or better)?And even they don’t wouldn’t the likely adversary counter to you fielding a Skyhawk equivalent be to seek that superior capacity? And you then having to obtain an equivalent capacity to match your adversary?Plus the very simple comment; if a real market really existed for this “modern Skyhawk” wouldn’t it already exist?The closest we actually see are the likes of the FA-50 or JF-17; very much supersonic fighters but that bit smaller and cheaper than an F-16. Even armed jet trainers have fallen out of use in this kind of role (the ability to carry precision targeting pods and weapons while providing robust self defence against F-16/MIG-29 level threats seems to be a minimum - if you can’t do that you might as well save some money and go with turboprop powered solutions).
But in the context which potential adversaries won’t also have F-16/ MIG-29 equivalents (or better)?
And even they don’t wouldn’t the likely adversary counter to you fielding a Skyhawk equivalent be to seek that superior capacity? And you then having to obtain an equivalent capacity to match your adversary?
Plus the very simple comment; if a real market really existed for this “modern Skyhawk” wouldn’t it already exist?
The closest we actually see are the likes of the FA-50 or JF-17; very much supersonic fighters but that bit smaller and cheaper than an F-16. Even armed jet trainers have fallen out of use in this kind of role (the ability to carry precision targeting pods and weapons while providing robust self defence against F-16/MIG-29 level threats seems to be a minimum - if you can’t do that you might as well save some money and go with turboprop powered solutions).
