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CF-15S in their future?

[DesertRhino]

The Canadians were not all that thrilled about that overhyped moonpig F-35 anyway. They really prefer not to use a single engine jet out over the remote arctic north.

Nobody is buying F-35s unless we practically beg them. Especially anyone who might need to face a Suhkoi. The F-15 Silent Eagle is a MUCH better and useful machine.

[TheBattman]

Nice...

[Jonty30]

Probably a Eurojet of some kind.

The F-35 was beyond anything Canada could ever need, considering that we aren’t a leading military country, but more like a supporting role.

[NVDave]

I’ve been telling people here on FR for over a year that the cost of the F-35 was too high. Now with Canada backing down, the cost for other nations will go up rather sharply, which means that more partners will back out of the project.

Might as well save time and money and kill it now.

[DemforBush]

Not unexpected. The F-35 was, IMHAGO (humble armchair general opinion), just expected to fulfill too many roles and meet the demands of too many different military branches to have turned out to be anything but an expensive mess of a design. No one plane can be all things to all branches, so they keep spending money in hopes of making a wunderplane that will be all things to all customers.

I’m also wondering if the F-35B variant (i.e. the S/TOVL version) isn’t the biggest gremlin in the project. The Air Force and Naval variants obviously would have some important differences (carrier landing capability for one!), but I have to think trying to adding a Harrier-like capability to a plane that otherwise would be traditional takeoff and landing would add a lot of headaches to the blueprints, so to speak. Again in my amateur opinion.

[4rcane]

I think alot of military industries have become like government department, bloated and expensive, which is why everything they make just get more and more expensive. Think about it, $100+ million for one fighter jet?!?! Seriously?!

[Candor7]

The Government of Canada can do better than F -35s, the high tech ultimo fighter just doesn;t fit the necessary role in Canada, where the threat is in the far North, from Russia.

This is the fighter for Canada, IMHO, SAAB, GRIPEN:

Gripen multirole fighter of the latest generation.

[Candor7]

Just take a look at this and you will see what this jet is about, amazing flexibility and STOL characteristics, and remote deployment. This AC can deploy on dirt strips if necessary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkKTrehcwjk

Also Canada would do well to have 3 squadrons of warthogs improved to cold weather operational standards in addition to the Gripen, and the Canadian Government easily afford 500 Gripen over 10 years, and build them all right in Canada at a Bombardier or Dehaviland plant.

(Screw Obama and his union running dogs who seek to sell break down F-35s abroad. That POS is not be trusted at all.)

[MasterGunner01]

Time for the CAF to upgrade to the Super Hornet, F-18E/F. Their logistics support is established for the Hornet, so the upgrade makes sense. The USN has operated both types side by side as they transitioned from F-18C/D Hornets to E/F super Hornets.

[Squawk 8888]

Canada Ping!

[SandRat]

Next thing you know, they'll only want only the RCAF quipped with Sopwith Camels to save money. </s

[Mashood]

Tell Canada to hang in there or no more F-18 parts.