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   Optimus Prime to Alan Baker   
   Re: Avro Arrow   
   11 Sep 17 08:26:39   
   
   XPost: can.politics   
   From: trans@for.mer   
      
   On 9/10/2017 10:57 AM, Alan Baker wrote:   
   > On 2017-09-10 8:02 AM, Optimus Prime wrote:   
   >> 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, thenĀ  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....   
   >   
   > Did I SAY it was "all" America's fault?   
      
   I'm going on the mood of the group, if you're not of that mind - BRAVO!   
      
   Seriously!   
      
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