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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (14666)	5/3/2011 2:29:07 PM
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"WTF is up with jets" Anyone who's been watching the state of the art knows that by the time the jets are paid for, drone technology will have replaced the interceptor role. The CF-18 (Canadian version with hardened landing gear, carrier-style, for unimproved airstrips) was an exceptional multi-role aircraft, very strong in ground attack. CAF never wanted a single-engine fighter for Canada since the CF-100, but compromised on the CF-104 (Lockheed Lightning, "The Widow Maker") because of cost and other variables at the time. The CF-35 will definitely be a capable, advanced aircraft with advanced sensors, avionics, cockpit and integration. Canada is buying without engines so we can assume that we're planning domestic production -- but that hasn't been clarified. However, engine cost must then be added to total program cost and that's becoming a problem for many nations: "Customers for Lockheed-Martin’s stealthy F-35 Joint Strike Fighter—among them Canada, Israel, Britain and Australia—are shifting their mood from anxiety to paranoia over increasingly unpredictable costs." aviationweek.com --- Cadillac prices. Every time an F-35 crashes, Canadians write off over $100 million. Jim