Libyan Air force to be re-equipped with Rafale and Typhoon multi-role fighters

[Cypriot]

yeah i was waiting for that kind of reaction but i'll let it go .. Because you're French .

[Grax]

Well, we know the game quite well.
Oil -> "bringing democracy" -> getting the Oil -> selling weapons

[Watan]

Do they even have a working government...?

[Arbody]

I like the idea of paying by Lybians for French and UK bombs and rockets that were used during "No fly zone" UN resolution! Now they will buy expensive fightres . Money for UK,France etc. and Russia if they will not discharge the arms contract and debt agreement with Russia.

[Orocairion]

This is bound to rise a few eyebrows...

[Grax]

and Russia if they will not discharge the arms contract and debt agreement with Russia.

If they do, we should bring them some of our democracy !

[The Dane]

yeah i was waiting for that kind of reaction but i'll let it go .. Because you're French .

I'm not French.. but I don't see why the SU-35 should be better than a Rafale today. I just know that low visability, good sensor's and precise long range weapon's are very important today.

[kalerab]

The air force is currently putting forward proposals to purchase two squadrons of French Rafale fighter aircraft, as well as a number of French F1-Mirage jets. There are also plans to purchase Eurofighter Typhoons from the United Kingdom, as well as C-130 Hercules cargo planes and Chinook helicopters from the United States.

Geroushi said that the plan required the distribution of the new aircraft across Libya, stipulating the intention to base the Eurofighters at Tobruk and Benina airbase in Benghazi, with the French fighters being based at Gordabaya and Wattya military airbases to cover the entire Libyan south.

http://www.libyaherald.com/libyan-ai...major-upgrade/

It looks like a long-term plan, I doubt that anything will be signed before general elections in early 2013.

Their "chief of air force staff" probably was screaming "allahuakbar" while spraying the desert with hillbilly rocketlaunchers just a few months ago

Or maybe he is a defected general who was stationed on Benina Airbase.

[Evolv5]

They should buy some Gripens too.
Just you know, to please everyone who "liberated" them.

[jokuvaan]

Well they could buy one or two Erieye's from Sweden..

[Cypriot]

I'm not French.. but I don't see why the SU-35 should be better than a Rafale today. I just know that low visability, good sensor's and precise long range weapon's are very important today.

i wasn't talking about you .

[Flamming_Python]

Is this truly wise? (Assuming its true)

There are quite a number of shady characters in the NTC and NLA, not to mention post-war Libya has some instability issues.

Oh don't worry, they are rapidly offloading all of their militia and bandit problems by sending them all to Syria to fight on the side of the FSA *rolleyes smiley*

[Nyusu]

Damn it works so great - bomb somebody and then sell him your weapons. When there are no customers anymore - just bomb some more!

[muck]

Why would they explicitely seek to allocate planes with almost identical perfomance characteristics at different bases? What difference would it make if the Rafales started from Tobruk and the Typhoons from Wattya?

More importantly, who's going to give the money for this jest?

Damn it works so great - bomb somebody and then sell him your weapons. When there are no customers anymore - just bomb some more!

If you go on like this you're going to win the DAOTW at last.

[memfisa]

As long as they dont use them to target cemetaries, im all for it! Sell baby sell!

Seems retarded to have both though...