Cash-Strapped Malaysia Looks to Lease Fighters
Feb. 15, 2014 - 03:34PM | By ANDREW CHUTER
Defense companies from Europe and the US are offering leasing options to Malaysia, which is looking to replace its MiG-29 fighter jets. AFP/Getty Images
מאלזיה שרצתה לרכוש מטוסי קרב שינתה את דעתה עכב מחסור במזומנים, וכעת הם מחפשים דרך לשכור מטוסי קרב.
נראה ש-Boeing and ,BAE ,Saab יגישו הצעות לממשלת מאלזיה בנושא זה. יתכן שגם Dassault ו-Sukhoi יגישו הצעות דומות.
The new jets, if they arrive, will complement the Boeing F/A-18D and Sukhoi Su-30 fleets in service with the Royal Malaysian Air Force.
“Saab has put an offer on the table for the Gripen. Boeing is about to with the F/A-18 and BAE with the [Eurofighter] Typhoon won’t be far behind.
I imagine the French and probably the Russians are doing the same. We hope it’s about leasing and a purchase later on,” an executive said.
על אף המצב הכלכלי באיזור ובעולם כולו, הוצאות הבטחון באיזור זה עלו בשנים 2010-2011 בקצב של כ-16% בשנה, ובשנים 2012-2013 עלו תקציבי הבטחון ב-6.2% בלבד, כאשר סין תורמת כחצי מעלייה זו.
According to our estimates from 2010 to 2011, defense spending in the Asia-Pacific region grew by $31 billion, [a] 16 percent year-on-year increase, while from 2012 to 2013, the level of growth totaled $14.4 billion,” or 6.2 percent, he said
Our tentative estimates for regional defense spending from 2013 into 2014 reflect another slower rise in overall growth, with military investment increasing by $16 billion overall, with a little over half of that attributable to China, or 6.5 percent,” Darling said
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