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Or one Bombardier Global Express….
Australia has 6, and is planning (as much as you can plan with investment plans) to replace them between now and 2035.
It was in the (really) fine print?
That is the way I understood it.
Question - for this type of system, what sort of 'support envelope' is needed? Is there a need for a dedicated fighter unit to 'cover' them when they are in the air? If so, could this require our initial package of 88 F-35's to be increased by another 1/2 squadron or full squadron?This is interesting:
Canada Plans To Spend $5 Billion On AEW Aircraft | Aviation Week Network
Canada plans to spend more than CDN$5 billion ($3.65 billion) on the acquisition of airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft, defense officials have confirmed.
Because our previous purchase of used F18's went so well.
for a cool 5 Billion how many are we likely to get?This is interesting:
Canada Plans To Spend $5 Billion On AEW Aircraft | Aviation Week Network
Canada plans to spend more than CDN$5 billion ($3.65 billion) on the acquisition of airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft, defense officials have confirmed.
Thoughts on where these would be stationed? Would they be broken into a East/West coast grouping? East coast - Greenwood and West Coast - Comox?
What are they going to be used for? When we send fighters abroad? The parts of the country where we experience ongoing intrusions by unfriendly foreigners?
The article suggests that the UK paid $2.33Bil (US) for 3, so perhaps 5 or 6?
Which means potentially Comox to help out the Americans over the western artic/Alaska so that they can repurpose similar assets elsewhere.
Correct. Same as the P-8
Well for a guy that eats red crayons I do OK sometimes - the old broken clock analogy sorta kinda
Would go a long way in currying favour with the US and adding real assets to the western arctic
