Being their GDP as part of Europe, etc. is pretty big.Would they use
navalized EFA or would they go with Rafale to have commonality with the
French?

And could Tornado be navalized?

On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 23:57:07 GMT, "David E. Powell"
> wrote:

>Being their GDP as part of Europe, etc. is pretty big.Would they use
>navalized EFA or would they go with Rafale to have commonality with the
>French?

Since they're cutting budgets and reducing the fleet, this seems moot.

>And could Tornado be navalized?

Why in the world would you navalize an old design that is getting on
towards retirement age?

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> Being their GDP as part of Europe, etc. is pretty big.Would they use
> navalized EFA or would they go with Rafale to have commonality with the
> French?

Like all the European flagships, having a large GDP and having money to
spend are two separate things.