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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Lockheed Martin is going to have some serious survivability problems if they can't get this plane figured out. To me based on design capability its the answer to a country like Canada that has a small airforce and needs planes to last 20 years in operation. But until they get the plane straightend out it can't be considered.
but I'm not a fan of the Super Hornet, it makes no sense as its already on an obsolete track and would be transitional at best.
The Gripen is an underwhelming fighter plane with a below average sensor suite and its not a great performer.
The Eurofighter doesn't use Nato Ordinance so its out.
We're in a quandry, what's available now isn't worth buying if we want a 20 year window and to be able to have a smaller airforce then we had under the CF-18.
The option is almost to wait and see what happens with the F-35 or decide to buy a 10 year fighter that's already obsolete.
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The Eurofighter uses NATO ordinance, the Rafale doesn't.