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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Not sure I trust bombardier with jet fighters, after all their experiance with aerospace is fairly limited, thus far they have only had to bribe in Quebec and Ontario, I seriously doubt they have the skills to bribe and corrupt on the international stage with the big boys.
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I would say bombardier's aerospace experience is far from limited, they've been building commercial jets for decades including the challenger 600 series (circa 1970), CRJ100-200 (circa 1990) and the CRJ700, 900,100 series (circa 2000) currently being used by Air Canada, Delta airlines, etc for over over 4 decades. Though they don't have any experience building fighters, but neither did a few other companies who did the same thing when licensing fighter designs in other countries. Japanese Mitsubishi heavy industry with the F-2 and Chinese, Polish aerospace industry licensing Sukhoi and Mig designs. Heck Canada licenses the F-104 design from the US back in the day.
EDIT: It looks like Bombardier acquired Canadair which built the CF-104s for Canada. Guess they do have experience building fighters after all, save for it being a few decades out of date.