The best plane for us is the Typhoon, but that consortium withdrew from the competition a couple years back.
Zipperfish
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 11:49 am
This should fit our budget!
Scape
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 1:15 pm
I am liking the Saab offer. We get to keep the rights. F-35 comes off as an overpriced bird.
xerxes
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:36 pm
Scape Scape:
I am liking the Saab offer. We get to keep the rights. F-35 comes off as an overpriced bird.
Agree. The licensing aspect of the deal should be a major positive.
Thanos
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:46 pm
Lockheed can go shove it. Go Saab! Yay Gripen-E! Sweden's a cold-weather country, just as frigid in winter as we are, so hopefully we can actually buy the Gripens without adding on a dozen extra layers of "Canadian kit" that end up doubling the price per plane.
DrCaleb
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:58 pm
You would deny our brave fighters a cupholder and shiatsu massage chairs?
Barbarian!
CDN_PATRIOT
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 5:35 pm
I concur with going Saab. It's a great looking fighter than can fit our needs, and be outfitted for any and all missions. The single engine is a small drawback, but as Thanos said the Swedes know what they're doing.
Plus, we can get a lot more of them than that stupid F-35 for the price.
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