Recent content by Maxman1

It's  have, not of.

And creative accounting to list things as defense that aren't really defense items, to look like they're spending more without actually increasing funding.

Is irrelevant. The Gripen E is functionally a different plane than the Gripen C/D. Think Hornet vs Super Hornet. Is just more Saab marketing. Same with the per hour operating costs that seem to drop $1,000 every time it gets repeated. "Expected" data is all but useless. Remember, we're not...

That's a totally normal availability rate for a fighter jet, and the Gripen will be no different.

I'll bet he's happy now, the IMPs come with a packet of Tabasco sauce.

I'll tax the street. If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat. If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat. If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.

Would this be digital or analog?

We ordered another 14.

"But I'm sure it'll work this time."

Nobody operates a blind trust like that. Selling off assets for no rhyme or reason is not working in the owner's best interests and almost certainly goes against the instructions they left. A blind trust is basically caretaker mode and almost always comes out mostly the same as it went in...

No. That's not even close to how a blind trust works. It is absolutely unheard of for a trustee to liquidate an entire portfolio. A trustee has to work in the owner's best interests and follow any instructions, like what to reinvest in, what prices to buy or sell it, any industries to buy or...

You are mistaken. The avionics are also ITAR controlled. Saab has also specifically ruled out redesigning the plane for a new engine. And the Rolls Royce engine proposed by armchair types doesn't exist, it was suggested for an Indian jet decades ago, was not selected, and has since been...

It was a field of two. The only possible outcomes were first and second. Coming in second in a two horse race is not an accomplishment.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/global-eye-saab-rcaf-surveillance-9.7336138 Ottawa chose the GlobalEye without knowing if it actually met the RCAF's requirements.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/tariffs-shipbuilding-st-catharines-9.7331321