[xerxes]

Or for more of a budget option there's this:

Textron AirLand Scorpion



http://www.military-today.com/aircraft/textron_scorpion.htm

[shockedcanadian]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

At least the British subs were compatible with Canadian tug boats.

Sad but true.

[uwish]

Thanos Thanos:

An F-16C/D package comes with a completely reasonable cost today of around $25 million US (adjusted from 1998 dollars and dependent of which weapon bundle is selected). Just to prove how exceptional Canada is at military procurement let's put in a bid on some with the price jacked up all the way to $50 million each. C'mon Canada, we can do it!

Single engine though. I like the super hornet idea, maybe the Eurofighter...

[Thanos]

Pretty sure we forever botched ever getting the SuperHornet by going to bat for Bombardier against Boeing.

[uwish]

nah money talks, and now that the US trade admin has found the 'terrifs' on Bombardier jets is unfounded, Boeing will see $$$$ and all is forgiven!

[Thanos]

I'll expect us to take the ancient Canadair CT-133 Silver Star down from it's display pedestal at the Brandon, MB airport to put back into active service before the air force gets any newish or even semi-modern fighters.



Nice looking plane though, with that early jet-age beauty to it, from an era when (despite the growing Cold War) everything wasn't as completely fucked and awful the way things are today.