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Yesterday, the Croatian MoD announced it had received BAFOs from the four parties which originally submitted offers for Croatia’s multirole fighter acquisition programme in September. The US offered new F-16Vs and used Israeli F-16C Block 30s, France second-hand Rafales... [1/7]
![Yesterday, the Croatian MoD announced it had received BAFOs from the four parties which originally submitted offers for Croatia’s multirole fighter acquisition programme in September. The US offered new F-16Vs and used Israeli F-16C Block 30s, France second-hand Rafales... [1/7]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EmpXgc0XEAAWNJg.jpg "Yesterday, the Croatian MoD announced it had received BAFOs from the four parties which originally submitted offers for Croatia’s multirole fighter acquisition programme in September. The US offered new F-16Vs and used Israeli F-16C Block 30s, France second-hand Rafales... [1/7]")
...and Sweden new Gripen Cs. It is unclear which Rafale variant is in question, unofficial sources claim it to be the latest F3-R. The offer for the ex-Israeli Barak jets coming from the US also seems to confirm the unofficial news that they would be brought to Block... [2/7]
...50/52 standard after being stripped of Israeli equipment. Since September an interdepartmental committee assembled to select the new fighter has scrutinised and negotiated the initial offers. Now, following the best and final offers, they will be evaluated against... [3/7]
...each other and the best option is supposed to be chosen by December 12th. Given the current economic situation in Croatia stemming from the poorly handled second Covid wave, it wouldn't be surprising if the programme stalled. The country arguably has more pressing... [4/7]
...issues which need taking care of both in the short and long term and the public backlash from pumping vast amounts of resources into a military project would be significant. Over the last twenty years, Croatia has pondered or even started fighter acquisition... [5/7]
...programmes numerous times and none of them came to fruition over less critical issues or simply a lack of initiative from the country’s decision-makers (except the last one in 2018). [6/7]
As of now, there have been no signs of this programme being abandoned but given Croatia's past, it would come as no shock. Things should be clearer come December. [7/7]
