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Monday, February 04, 2013

It’s Time For Canada To Build Its Own Fighter Aircraft

JAS-39 Gripen |Not including our purchase of the F-18 Hornet, the approximate total expenditures in 2012 dollars that Canada has spent in purchasing the SAGE/Bomarc missile system, 200- F104 Star fighters, 66 F-101 Voodoos, 138 F-5 Freedom Fighters plus cancellation fees for the CF-105 Arrow as well as the Sparrow/Astra missile systems, is $11.1 Billion in 2012 dollars.

With the exception of the F-18, all of the other weapons system procurements were fiscal fiascos in one way or another.

The SAGE/Bomarc system was totally ineffective and the USAF cancelled its procurement of Bomarc missiles shortly after Canada’s purchase of the Bomarc from the U.S. in 1960. The USAF claimed it was outdated and too expensive.

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