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Re:Why Finland Selected the F-35A (2021) by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @07:34PM (#34604536)
> no mention of technical advantages no independent benchmark

Because those weren't the deciding factors. Cost and maintainability were. (It's implied that the planes were close enough in capability that the "gate checks" were just that. Gates. Not goals.)

Finland didn't want to end up with another Betamax fleet.

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Re:Why Finland Selected the F-35A (2021) by trashtester on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @03:14AM (#34607847)
> Because those weren't the deciding factors.

I think it's the other way around. Technically, the F-35 has been superior all along, but it used to be expensive.

Now, with the cost coming down, the reason NOT to pick it went away.

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