Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
I'm not sure what the value of the technology transfer is if we are never going to build an advanced strike aircraft on our own...
Any tech transfer doesn't just translate into ability to build LO aircraft of our own, although in an ideal world that would be, er, ideal... It's also extremely important in the development of weapons systems, avionics, ECM, detection etc, both of existing and future equipment...
-RP