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Israel, Australia reports link F-35, economic crisis

By
Stephen Trimble
 on October 21, 2008 9:18 PM | | Comments () | TrackBacks (0) |
I'm really scratching my head over this one.

When I saw this article in the Jerusalem Post saying Israel may buy fewer F-35s because of the economic crisis, I quickly dismissed the report as bizarre innuendo.

Then comes a report today in the Canberra Times with almost the same message, but involving Australia's senior military commander, who happens to be a noted friend of the F-35 program.


Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston told the Australian Institute of Management leadership seminar yesterday that the US financial situation would be a litmus test for future Australian defence spending.

''If the crisis continues the way it's going in the United States, it will definitely have an effect on the amount of equipment that is produced in the industries in the United States,'' he said. ''We might see, for example, a reduction in the production line of the Joint Strike Fighter ... at this stage we don't know.''

The Rudd Government had planned to buy 100 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, or four squadrons, next year. The Chief of Defence Staff acknowledged the crisis could also hamper other defence projects.

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