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2021-12-11 Europe

by Colton Jones

[DefenceBlog] The Finnish government has chosen to buy the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter jets to replace its F/A-18 Hornet fleet.

The Finnish government chose the F-35 as the winner of the HX Program and plans to order 64 planes with weapons systems, the government said on Friday.

The procurement is worth an estimated 8.378 billion euros ($9.44 billion), the government said.

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Posted by badanov 2021-12-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 To defend themselves against... Sweden, of course.

Posted by European Conservative 2021-12-11 10:21|| 2021-12-11 10:21|| Front Page Top

#2 *Cough* Air miles Helsinki-Moscow: 540.63 *Cough* Stealth *Cough*

Posted by magpie 2021-12-11 10:35|| 2021-12-11 10:35|| Front Page Top

#3 ...If I was the Finns, I'd be expecting a shiatton of "accidental incursions" in the very near future. This is gonna piss Vlad right the hell off.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-12-11 15:40|| 2021-12-11 15:40|| Front Page Top

#4 *Cough* Air miles

Would seem you may have made that trip.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-11 15:44|| 2021-12-11 15:44|| Front Page Top

#5 There are Finns still alive who remember the Russian invasions and losing a chunk of Finnish territory. Many who still remember Finlandization.

Posted by Flatch Wittlesbach3456 2021-12-11 20:28|| 2021-12-11 20:28|| Front Page Top

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