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2008-10-02 Europe

Finland: F/A-18 contract is second-largest weapons deal in history

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Posted by mrp 2008-10-02 14:31|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Watch out, Sweden!

Posted by tu3031 2008-10-02 15:56|| 2008-10-02 15:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Finland managed to hold off both the Russians and the Germans during World War II without much help from anybody else. I guess they sense a similar threat and still have some people who would dare to fight. Of course it sounds like a lot of the country has been EUnuchized, based on their gun-control reaction to the recent school killings.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-10-02 19:39|| 2008-10-02 19:39|| Front Page Top

#3 ...Do NOT screw with the Finnish AF - when they went to war with the USSR in the early 40s, their primary bird was the otherwise miserable Brewster Buffalo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_Buffalo

...and they kicked the snot out of the Russians with it to the tune of a possible 26:1 kill ratio in favor of the Finns. By comparison, the best kill ratio the USAF ever got was 10:1 in Korea.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2008-10-02 20:33|| 2008-10-02 20:33|| Front Page Top

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