TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
True to a point but they usually have radio contact additionally in cases such as those even if they could get a fighter to intercept its not like there is much they could do. and its not a everyday thing, when a passenger Jet is in a position to be intercepted.
As Steelbird pointed out there is very little resources for some of these nations. There markets are virtually none existent.
So some nations operate what I like to call Token Air Forces, these are maybe a single squadron of fighters that really only leave the ground for big events and spend most of there time just training in example Mexico. They have a single squadron of F5 fighters, thats it. most of there air operations? Helicopters and fixed wing transports, Of course in there case if they did need fighters Mexico has a asset NORAD. If the mexican government cant intercept its a safe bet the US can, and thanks to treaty the US is likely to.
Other nations have no other options In example Liberia, The poorest of African nations, this nations which has exceptionally close US ties. In fact some might Argue Liberia is the American Failed State It was created as a colony with the intention of sending Black Slaves back to Africa by the Jefferson Administration in 1822. Although Some of those Slaves would go there they quickly established a new slave nation taking locals as their slaves and reestablishing the same terrible process. A abject lesson In Irony? In the End Liberia would make even the most Impoverished of American Impoverished thank heaven they are not in Liberia. You might also remember a really nasty civil war staring any number of rather interesting Nome de Guerra as General Butt Naked, General Rambo, ecta... Its Air force? None. Not a single fighter. At its height it operated some used Fixed Wing Aircraft, During the Civil War Taylor's Forces are known to have operated one Helicopter. That's it. Why? Because they had no resources other than people and AK's.
Lesson In order to get a new Fighter a nation must have something it can sell. and in the case of Russia and China They will not take Barter, They want Ca$h. Dollar Dollar bill y'all...
that limits some buyers it also means that nations who just cant afford to do anything else but watch their existing once proud Air forces rot are going to have a hard time both laying down the money and maintaining the new fighters. Unlike Battlefield Earth if you leave a complex machine like a Harrier sitting for any extended amount of time you can't just suddenly brush off the dust, fill the tank and hope they fly. that further limits options. for Cambodia and nations who live at that level of development that turns once great fighters into expensive lawn ornaments.
in order to meet the needs to actually buy and maintain JF17 a nation needs a reliable economic model even if that model is only producing a comparative trickle of income. that model needs to be able to allow for the costs of fuel, training, Maintenance, Upgrades and arming thats a few million a flight hour. a Sam by contrast is fairly easy all it costs is some one trained to operate, maintain and fuel thats a few thousand a week. some thing like a super tucano runs a few thousand a flight hour same for a basic chopper like a Hind.
As Steelbird pointed out there is very little resources for some of these nations. There markets are virtually none existent.
So some nations operate what I like to call Token Air Forces, these are maybe a single squadron of fighters that really only leave the ground for big events and spend most of there time just training in example Mexico. They have a single squadron of F5 fighters, thats it. most of there air operations? Helicopters and fixed wing transports, Of course in there case if they did need fighters Mexico has a asset NORAD. If the mexican government cant intercept its a safe bet the US can, and thanks to treaty the US is likely to.
Other nations have no other options In example Liberia, The poorest of African nations, this nations which has exceptionally close US ties. In fact some might Argue Liberia is the American Failed State It was created as a colony with the intention of sending Black Slaves back to Africa by the Jefferson Administration in 1822. Although Some of those Slaves would go there they quickly established a new slave nation taking locals as their slaves and reestablishing the same terrible process. A abject lesson In Irony? In the End Liberia would make even the most Impoverished of American Impoverished thank heaven they are not in Liberia. You might also remember a really nasty civil war staring any number of rather interesting Nome de Guerra as General Butt Naked, General Rambo, ecta... Its Air force? None. Not a single fighter. At its height it operated some used Fixed Wing Aircraft, During the Civil War Taylor's Forces are known to have operated one Helicopter. That's it. Why? Because they had no resources other than people and AK's.
Lesson In order to get a new Fighter a nation must have something it can sell. and in the case of Russia and China They will not take Barter, They want Ca$h. Dollar Dollar bill y'all...
that limits some buyers it also means that nations who just cant afford to do anything else but watch their existing once proud Air forces rot are going to have a hard time both laying down the money and maintaining the new fighters. Unlike Battlefield Earth if you leave a complex machine like a Harrier sitting for any extended amount of time you can't just suddenly brush off the dust, fill the tank and hope they fly. that further limits options. for Cambodia and nations who live at that level of development that turns once great fighters into expensive lawn ornaments.
in order to meet the needs to actually buy and maintain JF17 a nation needs a reliable economic model even if that model is only producing a comparative trickle of income. that model needs to be able to allow for the costs of fuel, training, Maintenance, Upgrades and arming thats a few million a flight hour. a Sam by contrast is fairly easy all it costs is some one trained to operate, maintain and fuel thats a few thousand a week. some thing like a super tucano runs a few thousand a flight hour same for a basic chopper like a Hind.
