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2016-11-28 Great White North

Canada Buys New F-18s After Canceling Order for F-35

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Posted by Steve White 2016-11-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Wonder what the Soviet options are?

Posted by Skidmark 2016-11-28 00:07|| 2016-11-28 00:07|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm sure there's some version of the MiG-29 available...

Posted by Steve White 2016-11-28 10:23|| 2016-11-28 10:23|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder if they went for more Hornets because anything else wouldn't be so short ranged as to be useless.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-11-28 15:49|| 2016-11-28 15:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Canada likes two-engine birds. While patrolling the coasts of the Great White North it is a plus to have a spare engine to limp home on. The F-35 is single engine AND, well, has *cough* issues.
The DassaultRafale would be a good bet.

Posted by magpie 2016-11-28 16:39|| 2016-11-28 16:39|| Front Page Top

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