Canada Defence Force

[Big_Zucchini]

There's so much disinfo now on Grip vs F-35, but we can stick to the general non-contested stuff.

Grippy is by all definitions a light fighter. Fully loaded and fueled it can be carried by an F-15, and kinematically it is half of an F-18, using the same engine but only 1.

Is that something Canada needs?

 

[swerve]

An F-15 has a payload of 16.5 tons?

 

[OldTex]

No matter what Canada decides there will be armchair experts who will decry the decision, mostly because their personal preference was not chosen. If Canada wants to procure an alternative to F-35s, resulting in a mixed fleet, what are their realistic non-US choices? Rafale, Typhoon, Gripen with maybe Golden Eagle? All of these will have advantages and disadvantages. But ultimately the choice is Canada's to make.

 

[Big_Zucchini]

An F-15 has a payload of 16.5 tons?

Hmm, maybe not fully loaded then. It's 3 tons short.