Dec 18
It’s here. Note the “Archives” where the RCAF’s case for the F-35 as the only choice is relentlessly preserved, e.g. here (”3. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF”) and here (”Mandatory Capabilities / Requirements”).
Meanwhile some website, er, scrubbing appears to have been reversed. Plus the latest news:
F-35 Deal Targets Lower Price, More Shared Risk
Lockheed Profit on F-35 Jets Will Rise With New Contract
Latest F-35 Unit Costs Now Exceed $223 million
[average across all three versions, make of the figuring what you will]USAF Finally Begins F-35 Pilot Training [more here]
And here’s the F-35 saga as chronicled at this blog.
Mark Collins is a prolific Ottawa blogger
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80c December 18th, 2012 at 2:36 pm
And from the keyboard of the minister himself (well, under his name):
“Fighter jets: Government will get best value for tax dollars”
http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/264337-fighter-jets-government-will-get-best-value-for-tax-dollars
Just makes one ooze with confidence.
Mark Collin
December 18th, 2012 at 2:39 pm
And from the keyboard (well, under his name) of the national defence minister himself, recently largely invisible on new fighters:
“Fighter jets: Government will get best value for tax dollars”
http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/264337-fighter-jets-government-will-get-best-value-for-tax-dollars
Just makes one ooze with confidence.
Mark Collin