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If you want a low-cost fighter with a wide mission spectrum, there's Gripen. I can't see a T-X derivative being any better.Tucano/AT-6 are for a specific, different fight - air support against irregulars who don't form a fighting unit until there's a target (patrol or convoy). The mission involves being there, or close and airborne, when the friendlies are out and moving, so that the irregulars know you'll be bringing the heat as soon as they start to move.And nothing (including business-jet turbofans) loiters low and slow as efficiently as a prop and straight wings. My personal preference is the AHRLAC layout, where the wing and the engine aren't blocking the view of what you want to see, you have a payload module on the CG and you have the option of a centerline gun (with guided rounds not so far away).
If you want a low-cost fighter with a wide mission spectrum, there's Gripen. I can't see a T-X derivative being any better.
Tucano/AT-6 are for a specific, different fight - air support against irregulars who don't form a fighting unit until there's a target (patrol or convoy). The mission involves being there, or close and airborne, when the friendlies are out and moving, so that the irregulars know you'll be bringing the heat as soon as they start to move.
And nothing (including business-jet turbofans) loiters low and slow as efficiently as a prop and straight wings. My personal preference is the AHRLAC layout, where the wing and the engine aren't blocking the view of what you want to see, you have a payload module on the CG and you have the option of a centerline gun (with guided rounds not so far away).
