MarkOttawa said:GoodtoGolf: Serious question: how relevant are all those capabilities of the F-35 to the NORAD mission, the only one that is fundamental for Canada and hence the RCAF (defence against help, from USAF based in Canada)? As far as one can see the USAF has no plans to use F-35s in Alaska for NORAD for at least a fair while to come. So no interoperability or use of those capabilities.
Another honest question: for NORAD interception, of both bombers and cruise missiles, would not the F-15X with its very big missile load, higher speed and longer range (and now competitive cost) be a better fit for the RCAF in that context, for the future one can reasonably foresee?
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MarkOttawa said:Colin P.: Those missions were entirely optional. Missions of choice. Defence of Canada (and the US) is not. Unless we surrender our self-defence.
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NOT NECESSARILY. COMPETITION CLOSES AT END OF YEAR. ELECTION IS IN OCTOBER. IT JUST MIGHT BE SCHEER WHO GETS TO MUCK IT UP AGAINPuckChaser said:We're not going to get them though. Boeing is bidding the Super Hornet. If we dont get the F35, itll be a Gripen, SH, Typhoon or nothing.
PuckChaser said:We cant force a company to bid a certain aircraft unless the SH gets excluded for technical reasons.
PuckChaser said:We're not going to get them though. Boeing is bidding the Super Hornet. If we dont get the F35, itll be a Gripen, SH, Typhoon or nothing.
MilEME09 said:They could make a range/endurance requirement to favour the f15X