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Originally Posted by karl262
From the looks of this article it looks like the F-35 is no longer an option.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/p...r-fighter-jets
I feel we should pursue the F-35 even with the estimated costs over the 42 year lifespan approaching $40 billion. We could spend a billion dollars a year on far worse things that jets. |
My guess is the Feds got the nod from the US that the whole thing is in doubt, even without the fiscal cliff the USAF is looking at massive reductions in spending, endlessly spiraling costs on a plane that isn't operational would be an obvious place to cut a few billion. Conversely us dropping out gives the Obama administration a decent excuse to drop the project, fiscally irresponsible to develop it alone etc