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Originally Posted by Khan_Han
I believe that if we do infact get pissed off we will opt for the Eurofighter or another European Alternative. It seems to be the trend here these days.
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Its early days - but what we won't be doing is buying sukhois. There are a raft of reasons for that.
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Originally Posted by Khan_Han
Wasn't there talk about purchasing European Attack Helis as well? But I don't know if Kevin Rudd is very fond of the EU.
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we already have european armed recce helos - its the Tiger. That project is also suffering from lag
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Originally Posted by Khan_Han
He favours deeper relations with China for some reason. Probably because his son-in-law is of Chinese Heritage....
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Actually, Rudds opening speech to the Parliament was explicitly clear that the relationship with the US is a cornerstone of our Defence and Foreign policy. Rudds capacity to speak chinese is a legacy of being a Diplomat for DFAT in his early years. All Diplomats are required to learn the language of their posting. They also don't (at his level at that time) get to choose their postings. As for his son-in-law being chinese - its a non event and has no bearing on these proceedings....