Agree with above, supply line is not an issue, in fact, the issue of supply or maintenance would be severely diminished with having full access to the data codes for the aircraft. It eliminates us having to go to the manufacturer for updates/repairs for certain things and allows us to give that technology to a canadian company. Win win. I'm on record for being anti-F35 and prefer the Eurofighter, but it would be happy with the Rafale as well. It flew seamlessly with NATO forces in the bombing campaign in Libya. Apparently it uses some different weapons than the normal NATO ordinance but we could update that. We seem to update or "Canadianize" everything anyway.
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