[Newsbot]

Title: Aging fighter jets to be replaced in mid-2020s, Liberals will buy used Aussie planes as stopgap
Category: Political
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2017-12-12 15:06:52
Canadian

[bootlegga]

They shouldn't play politics with the lives of RCAF pilots.

[BartSimpson]

$1:

The Australian jets are nearly three decades old, roughly the same vintage as Canada's existing fighters and they have the same basic configuration.

So the Liberals are giving the Aussies a bunch of money for used aircraft that aren't any better than the planes they're replacing.

What's the friggin' point?

[BartSimpson]

bootlegga bootlegga:

They shouldn't play politics with the lives of RCAF pilots.

Oh, yeah. Can't wait to see some wings fold up in a high-g turn.

[DrCaleb]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

$1:

The Australian jets are nearly three decades old, roughly the same vintage as Canada's existing fighters and they have the same basic configuration.

So the Liberals are giving the Aussies a bunch of money for used aircraft that aren't any better than the planes they're replacing.

What's the friggin' point?

They have lower hours, and more than half of our original purchase planes are only good for parts now.

Politicians have been playing fast and loose with our soldiers since . . . forever, it seems.

[martin14]

Sounds a lot like the British sub deal.

[uwish]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

$1:

The Australian jets are nearly three decades old, roughly the same vintage as Canada's existing fighters and they have the same basic configuration.

So the Liberals are giving the Aussies a bunch of money for used aircraft that aren't any better than the planes they're replacing.

What's the friggin' point?

capability cap, as in literally not enough jets to meet requirements.

[BartSimpson]

martin14 martin14:

Sounds a lot like the British sub deal.

Yeah, but the British subs came with those awesome screen doors!

[Sunnyways]

Not just a Liberal problem though. These planes etc. etc. should have been replaced years ago.

[Robair]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

martin14 martin14:

Sounds a lot like the British sub deal.

Yeah, but the British subs came with those awesome screen doors!

[Thanos]

Sunnyways Sunnyways:

Not just a Liberal problem though. These planes etc. etc. should have been replaced years ago.

Almost forty years later and I'm still of the belief they never should have been bought at all. If Canada had taken the F-16 instead we could have bought more fighters for the same price. Even more importantly General Dynamics has done such a great job of keeping the basic design modern with their multi-generation Block avionics package upgrades that today it's still one of the most effective planes available for the ground-attack role. Even today the F16 is still incredibly affordable right off the assembly line, which certainly can't be said of the Boeing SuperHornets that were supposed to replace our original Hornets.

Canadian military procurement will never be fixed. No matter which party is in control of the government it will always be a whore's den of politicians & bureaucrats being influenced far more by salesmen & lobbyists than they'll ever be by what's in the best interest of Canada's military.

[BartSimpson]

Thanos Thanos:

Canadian military procurement will never be fixed.

So long as it's got more to do with economic and social agendas than effective warfighting you're right.

It's all about killing the enemy.

Period.

[Jabberwalker]

bootlegga bootlegga:

They shouldn't play politics with the lives of RCAF pilots.

That could apply equally to the purchase of the dodgy F-35 Flying Gold Brick as to second hand Aussies fighters. How about a proper RCAF assessment of what's out there?

[housewife]

Fuck I was really hoping that they weren’t going to do that

[herbie]

Buy Chengdu J20s off alibaba.com