tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post5307300707121105597..comments2024-03-28T00:01:34.598-07:00Comments on The Galloping Beaver: F-35 JSF? Anyone's guessDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-33164983798940193372010-10-21T10:42:58.395-07:002010-10-21T10:42:58.395-07:00Ed,
There's a pile of Harrier GR.9's up f...Ed, <br />There's a pile of Harrier GR.9's up for grabs soon. You can fly those things from any bit of ground.Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952672409601421466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-20021275674946168182010-10-21T08:06:15.083-07:002010-10-21T08:06:15.083-07:00A T-50 with Canadian avionics would be fine. So wo...A T-50 with Canadian avionics would be fine. So would the SuperHornet. Stealth is not particularly important for long-distance intercept, given the range of AA missiles like Slammers.<br />IMHO, we need a tough, in-your-face ground attack aircraft like the A-10 Warthog. Something that can operate from tundra, maybe even on skis. That way, when the Russkies or Chinese get pushy in our Arctic, we Edstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295069754219954783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-23204455217906642982010-10-21T05:27:15.965-07:002010-10-21T05:27:15.965-07:00@Mound I think the Sukhoi t-50 is a better bet, In...@Mound I think the Sukhoi t-50 is a better bet, India already has a contract to buy 100+ of these and will be constructing further airframes themselves, as they currently do with the Su-30MKI. I think Doz has it right though with the drones to do sovereignty patrol in the North and on both coasts. But if the drones find something it would be nice to be able to do something more than fire a Scannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03514966528672897658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-12282378118514405642010-10-20T16:45:29.576-07:002010-10-20T16:45:29.576-07:00After the second world war the British government ...After the second world war the British government and its shipping lines invested heavily in a refurbished and rebuilt trans-Atlantic passenger liner service. By 1950 it was obvious that most of the potential customers were opting for trans-Atlantic flights instead. We are making the same mistake by opting for the F35 rather than for the pilotless drones which are a far bigger bang for the buckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-50115036278907132382010-10-20T14:55:12.309-07:002010-10-20T14:55:12.309-07:00Canada should acquire aircraft based on our needs ...Canada should acquire aircraft based on our needs for the defence of Canada. Except along the southeast and southwest coasts our territory is defined by vast expanses of relatively unpopulated territory. Surely that dictates two-engines for safety, a hefty weapons carrying capacity, high speed, long range and endurance. Either the F-15E or the SU-35 would fill that order.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-209096251904165102010-10-20T14:47:59.522-07:002010-10-20T14:47:59.522-07:00": "Israel has recently sealed a deal to..."<i>: "Israel has recently sealed a deal to purchase 20 brand-new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets made by US defense and aerospace corporation Lockheed Martin in a contract that, at $2.75 billion, is one of the largest arms purchases ever made by the state. <b>The entire contract is paid for by an ongoing US military aid package </b>under the auspices of the US government's Foreign kootcoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344208424209840730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-48430931683826477292010-10-20T13:55:57.187-07:002010-10-20T13:55:57.187-07:00Actually it really got rolling in 1999 when Clinto...Actually it really got rolling in 1999 when Clinton signed the Financial Services Modernization Act effectively undoing the reforms enacted following the crash of '29. This allowed the financial industry to do everything they did in the 20s all over again.Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.com