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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
There's the rub, people are getting confused by the three vairents, the A variant that we're buying can go twice as far as the CF-18.
The C variant uses a completely different power plant and is short range and designed.
At the end of the day Canada has basically signed a letter of understanding in buying the plane. We haven't signed the formal purchase contract. Lockheed Martin is either going to have to find a way to cut the final price tag or risk losing a massive amount of orders.
Money hasn't changed hand enmasse and Canada for example has the major negotiating tool of being able to walk away because the cost is nowhere near the cost the was presented.
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The Eurofighter, Rafale, Silent Eagle and Gripen (except combat range) beat the F-35 handily with combat and non combat range. I'm thinking more planes for equal equivalent of money is a better deal.