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| Finland is set to buy 64 F-35 fighters |
| 2021-12-11 |
| 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. More at the link |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #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 |
| #4 *Cough* Air miles Would seem you may have made that trip. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-12-11 15:44 |
| #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 |
| #2 *Cough* Air miles Helsinki-Moscow: 540.63 *Cough* Stealth *Cough* |
| Posted by: magpie 2021-12-11 10:35 |
| #1 To defend themselves against... Sweden, of course. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2021-12-11 10:21 |