XPost: can.politics   
   From: trans@for.mer   
      
   On 9/8/2017 6:43 PM, Alan Baker wrote:   
   >> What killed the Arrow was the development of the ICBM ... the Arrow   
   >> was designed to kill Russian bombers that weren't going to be coming   
   >> anymore.   
   >   
   > If that were the case, then  2 years later, Canada wouldn't have had to   
   > turn around and buy McDonnell; an aircraft distinctly inferior to the   
   > Arrow.   
   >   
   > Nor would there have been all the interceptor/fighter aircraft that   
   > followed.   
   >   
   > The bombers continued to exist and the need to intercept them with   
   > manned aircraft continues to this day.   
   >   
   > We had an aircraft whose performance wouldn't be surpassed until the F15   
   > Eagle, and we spent billions buying aircraft from other countries when   
   > we could have had our own aerospace industry.   
      
   Butt of course it is ALL America's fault, right????   
      
   Please....   
      
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