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From: tzung@CS.UCLA.EDU
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Subject: new fighter development around the world
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Date: 21 Jun 89 02:46:11 GMT
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From: tzung@CS.UCLA.EDU

I'm curious about next generation fighters under development around the world.
To the best of my knowledge, I'll list the following new fighters with
their unique features. However, some of them need some help :

Country   Fighter  New features					status
=======   =======  ===========================================  ======

France	  ACX/ACM  Voice command, twin M88-2 engines		testing on 
 		   ACM is the carrier version of ACX		Rafael(?)

Europe	  EFA(?)   Joint develop. of German, Britain,Italy	???

India	  LCA      ???(possibly a modified MiG-29)		???

Iseral	  Lavi	   sophisticated, integrated cockpit		cancelled

Japan	  FS-X	   modified F-16D (AFTI/F16?)			just started

Sweden	  JAS39    ???	single F404				crashed once

Taiwan	  IDF	   a blend of F-16 and YF-17, twin TFE-1042	test flight
		   AN/APG-67
	
US	  F-12	   vector thrust(?), ???			develop.

USSR 	  ???	   ???						???


Most, or all of them are equiped with fly-by-wire, composite materials,
look down/shoot down radar and active homing AAM.

It looks like needing a lot of help. Can some one briefly describe the 
unique features of each fighter, or the development philosophy behind them?


Tzung-I Lin
UCLA Computer Science