Canadá comprará 65 F-35 JSF/ Canada to purchase 65 U.S. stealth fighter aircraft

El gobierno canadiense anunció la compra de 65 F-35 Lightning II para sustituir a los CF-18/A Hornet en servicio con su Fuerza Aérea.
Esta decisión ya está siendo criticada por considerarla una opción cara y arriesgada, ya que el importe total es muy elevado para un solo sistema de armas.
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The Federal Government announced that it will purchase 65 new F-35 Lightning II's to replace the aging, multi-role workhorse of the Canadian Forces Air Command, the CF-18/A Hornet.
This decision, to an untrained observer, may seem to be just part and parcel with the otherwise dull and innocuous process of military procurement.
In reality, it is perhaps the most expensive military purchase by the Canadian government for a single weapon system in the history of this country.
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