American F-16 A/B fighter jets only cost $14.6 million each, but the Chinese Z-9 helicopters cost Cambodia about $16.25 million each [Cambodia has been cheated by China big time!] យន្តហោះចំបាំងអាមេរិកតម្លៃតែ 14.6លានដុល្លាប៉ុណោះ
Cambodia purchased 12 Chinese-made Z-9 helicopters for the price of $195 million.
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The American F-16 costs nearly $40 million a pop.
China made good products & cheap compare to EU or USA
Khmer needs more defenses,
nowadays are poorly defenses
Compared to neighbors
FYI:
F-16 A/B NEW COSTS BETWEEN $ 39 TO 41 MILLION US DOLLAR PER UNIT, WHEREAS C/D COSTS $ 43 TO 45 MILLION PER UNIT AT 2013 US DOLLAR EXCHANGE RATE.
IN 1998, THE PRICE OF F- 16 A/B COST $ 19.8 MILLION DOLLAR.
Also, China installed a spy device on each helicopter and can make each one crashes anytime they want. Do you trust China? Khmer pilots or leaders are not smart enough to find out about that..
You spend another $50 Million US Dollar to train each Pilot. No one master the Air than the US, UK, Russia, France, Japan, Germany, Spain and few other EU countries.
11:18 am
In my estimation, you have the facts right. That said, the cost of these fighters are upwards of $40.
Thanks for the facts.
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Kdamjor
It's better to have 3 j-9 fighter jets @ around 120 mil than 12 heli's.
These helicopter is Multi. use for humanitarian purpose. Not for only war, F-16 only use for war and American only sale you the plan only not the technology.
The purchase of 12 Chinese-made Z-9 helicopters for $195 million, or $16.25 million each, is a total rip-off or most of the money went into the pockets of corrupt defense officials.
These Chinese-made helicopters look like toys and they are probably no match for the U.S Black Hawk or Apache helicopters, which cost around $12 million a piece.
The Chinese helicopters even cost more than a second-hand (15 year-old) American F-16 A/B fighter jets, which cost only $14.6 million each.
Comparing Chinese helicopters to American F-16 fighters is like comparing push-bikes to Harley-Davidson motorbikes. The Chinese helicopters, which cost $16.26 million each, can only use to transport troops and rescue during a time of disaster, but the U.S F-16 fighter jets, even at 15 years old and at a cheaper price than the Chinese helicopters, can defend Cambodia's territory, shoot down other fighter jets or destroy enemy's ground troops in no time. As a matter of fact, Thailand, Taiwan, Pakistan, Jordan, Chile, Iraq and Iran still use these F-16 fighter jets to defend their territory effectively.
In saying this, I think Cambodia has wasted a lot state money to purchase toy helicopters. They should spend this money to purchase second-hand American F-16 fighter jets or even American Black Hawk or Apache helicopters, which cost less but can perform superior job during combat operations.
Because people in this forum are debating about the cost of F-16 fighter jets, I have done a quick search and found the following:
1. Wikipedia said that F-16 A/B jets cost $14.6 million each in 1998.
2. Many people said that a brand-new F-16 jet today will cost between $20-$40 million each.
3. In May 2013, Iraq purchased 18 F-16IQ jets for $830 million or $46.11 each. But this price include training, maintenance and spare parts.
4. In 2007, Jordan purchased 14 F-16s from Belgium at a cost of $90 million or $6.42 million each.
5. In 2009, Chile purchased 18 F-16s from the Netherlands for $270 million or $15 million each. However, a brand new of this type of F-16s cost about $40-$50 million each.
From the above information, should Cambodia purchase Chinese-made Z9 helicopters or American F-16 jets or even Black Hawk/Apache helicopters? In my opinion, Cambodia would be better off buying American F-16s or Apache helicopters.
Read more below for the price of F-16s: http://defence.pk/threads/second-hand-f-16s-for-paf.212256/
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Hun Sen doesn't to create the fighter jets fearing that one of the pilots will one day bomb his house or his BG base in Toul Krasaing. He didn' t even want to create the group of snipers with in the army as well, afraid of one of the snipers will eventually kill him.
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