Re: F-35 coming along as planned. Never.
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Author: true.blue.bluey
Date: Sep 20, 2008 00:47
... is, if they need fighters *right now.* The F/A-18s aren't too shabby as is. And what, exactly, was the F-18's contribution in East Timor? Precisely zilch. In Peter Cosgrove's own words: "The RAAF were useless". He had access to 6 F-111s, with about 4 days'-worth of ordnance if Indonesia had got cranky. His only real aerial weapon was the Blackhawk. So.....based on our experiences in East Timor, WTF is the use of buying an ...
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