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Originally Posted by Diving Falcon
So I guess the end of the Cold War has really changed the Canadian Armed Force's requirement, from 700 Fighters in the Cold War to 79 in a Modern Era, but the question is, how many F-35 JSF's does the Force need?
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Assuming 2 for 1 replacement as the propaganda...I mean the brochure states for CF-18s, then the bare minimun would be 36 planes. However, that is unrealistically low. And we never had 700 fighters during the Cold War. We barely broke 300 at our height.