Comment 76585

By DowntownInHamilton (registered) | Posted May 08, 2012 at 02:24:25

The problem with the current CF-18s is that they've reached their ceiling in terms of flight hours on the airframe. Supposedly most, if not all, have stress fractures which makes it impossible to perform high-speed manouvres. I don't believe that anyone is currently building CF-18s any more, so there would be no outlet for us getting them, aside from buying used - which hasn't worked so great for us in the past (the British subs we bought are a shining example).

I'm totally in favour of upgrading our air fleet. It's old and needs replacement. However, I am not pleased with the massive cost overruns. However, hyperbole in this article such as "the actual operating cost will end up much higher than even the revised estimate." without any stats to back it up make it less believable.

Another problem is that we've sunk over $1B into this project. To walk away now would have a large outcry from the Conservative base and may have the average citizen ask why we sank so much into it have nothing to show. True, it may be a very expensive lesson to learn, but the larger effect too is that there will be lost revenue from building the components locally, the other nations using the parts we build, and so on.

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