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History, Reference, Research, and GrogTalk => Organizations and Equipment => Topic started by: mirth on October 17, 2014, 07:18:23 PM
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http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-right-fighter-for-canada-is-the-super-hornet-not-t-1587492909
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It's a good option, better than the F35. I would prefer drones for patrol, strikes. Supplemented with new F16s which seem to be the most bang for the buck.
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Bang for the buck should be our goal.
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Similar to the Humvee thread, which corporation has more friends on Parliament Hill? Boeing or Lockheed Martin?
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I'd love to see us go the Super Hornet route, but I suspect the current gov't is fixated on the F-35.... :uglystupid2:
Here is an interesting little peice I found in the Canadian Military Journal:
http://www.journal.dnd.ca/vol14/no4/page40-eng.asp
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I made this call years ago.... now we are going to throw 400 million at the existing fleet for what? 5 more years of service???
How many Super Hornets could we buy with that?
Although I like the idea of a whole shit pile of F35s with VSTOL up in the arctic archipeligo. Build a whole crap piule of small strips and play guess where they are now Ivan.
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I would rather play the same game with 500 drones, all with 24 hr loiter when needed.
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do we have enough pilots for that??
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do we have enough pilots for that??
So long as we do not follow USAF rules for piloting drones.
But we wouldn't need 500.
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http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/15104/its-official-canada-pens-formal-letter-of-interest-for-surplus-aussie-fa-18-hornets
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http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18565/super-hornet-will-compete-in-canadas-fighter-contest-as-us-navy-funds-conformal-fuel-tanks
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Looking forward to this competition. Probably only take 30 years ;)
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Hey Migsy, how are things? Haven't seen your posts for a while.
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Things are good Amigo - thanks for asking! The inability to peruse the site while on my "breaks" at work kinda curtailed my activities -Thank the Grogs we now have access once again :notworthy: . In the evenings, I find family priorities (aging parents,etc...) to be a real time consumer. I have also stuffed about two years of Warhammer 40K reading and guitar buying/playing in there.
Once I retire - I'm hoping to have the balance just right !
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Retirement is starting to be a little more real... little more than 3 years to go. Starting to look at really expensive fishing boats....
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I have 4 years left - maybe I'll drop out and go fishing with ya !
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I have 4 years left - maybe I'll drop out and go fishing with ya !
we can swap 'gubmint' stories... drink some cold beers
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That'd be right good! :bd:
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How many Super Hornets could we buy with that?
4
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Enough for all of Justin's needs! :clap: :peace:
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He's only going to use them to strafe Quebec separatists :P
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We have potato guns for that.
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He's only going to us
e them to strafe Quebec separatists :P
Complete waste of good ammo !
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I think they will make kickass static displays outside of few of the Legion Halls around rural Alberta
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http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21690/canada-might-make-it-much-harder-for-u-s-to-win-its-hornet-replacement-fighter-contract
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I am thinking that we'll go with the Super H, regardless, play the insulted suitor and get Boeing to sweeten the deal.....
updated engines and conformal fuel tanks = big win
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That's what I'm thinking too. Hard to see you guys totally passing on the SH, but I can see you getting a better deal out of it. Of course, the timeline probably just moved out to the 2050s.
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It's total horse shit the way we do acquisition for our armed forces up here....
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thats what you get for being Americas hat.
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thats what you get for being Americas hat.
any chance you guys are building a series of naval icebreakers? We'll need some sooner than later.
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thats what you get for being Americas hat.
any chance you guys are building a series of naval icebreakers? We'll need some sooner than later.
Yeah, but later you won't need them because- no ice.
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thats what you get for being Americas hat.
any chance you guys are building a series of naval icebreakers? We'll need some sooner than later.
Yeah, but later you won't need them because- no ice.
If that happens it's going to be a crazy world.
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If that happens it's going to be a crazyier world.
ftfy