Comments by "MM2" (@MM22966) on "Royal Canadian Air Force Choose the F-35" video.

  1. Greatest political decision-chain process since the Avro Arrow. Zing!
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  2. Let's not forget the advantages of the "F16 effect" and dropping costs/operational flexibility/maintenance commonality/etc if EVERYBODY in NATO is using the damn thing. Is the F35 the Sherman tank of the 21st century?
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  3. LOL!!! So true!!! And Raytheon, and McBoeing, Gruman, BAE, etc, etc
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  4. Hell, USAF knew that thirty years ago.
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  5. Stealth Maple!
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  6.  @a.fredscullard162  Mr. Woke?
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  7.  @Galvars  That always makes me laugh. As if Germany wouldn't crap its collective panties if the US/NATO asked them to strap a nuke on a Luftwaffe plane and go bomb somebody.
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  8.  @PappyGunn  Quite a lot & more to come, and "All the better to beat you with" is, I believe, an appropriate comeback to a Russian shill.
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  9.  @weasle2904  Agree, but grain of salt time: It wasn't designed primarily for air-superiority (unlike F22) and it HAS NOT gone up against a 4/5-Gen fighter, so we don't really know for sure. Modern conflicts always have eye-openers as to what works, what doesn't, and what exceeded all expectations. (Patriot, Exocet, Harrier, Bradley, T72, etc, etc) My one big gripe about the F35 is actually its combat range, which is fairly short. I was actually surprised Canada agreed to buy simply because THEIR primary need is for long-range patrol/NORAD air defense
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  10.  @weasle2904  Hmmm, I sort've assumed they were shouldering at least some of the NORAD Far North patrol work. Not so? (and good point about drop tanks and F-18 having even shorter combat radius)
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