Comments by "Marten Trudeau" (@martentrudeau6948) on "IAI Lavi; The Little Lion That Didn’t Make It…Maybe" video.

All the Lavi technology probably didn't go to waste and has been transitioned into other aircraft design, that makes good business sense. The Lavi prototypes look similar to the Rafale, and the F-16, but even more like the J-10 fighter.
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@ImpendingJoker ~ Israelis have loved the F-16 since it first came out and would have had knowledge of the F-16XL. They probably had access to high level information from Dassault Aviation and the Saab, fighter programs, and probably decided it was easier to buy the best equipment rather than make it. So they stopped developing the Lavi and parlayed it's engineering assets into business assets.
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@gabrieljoseph6310 ~ The popularity of the F-16 was it's simplicity, ease of maintenance and low cost. The Lavi was meant to be an air superiority fighter.
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