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To: centurion316

“the Vasa was a first class warship”

The Titanic had Vasa skinned a mile. At least Big T didn’t sink in the same harbor where she sailed from.

Anyway, hope those fifty-something year old Draken III fighters will continue to secure Swedish airspace.

It’s the groundspace around Malmoe that’s the big problem. Full of hostile Muslims who don’t even talk in Swedish with the traditional Volvo-ad lilt anymore.

Swedish burquini parachute team, anyone?

;^)


12 posted on 07/01/2010 7:38:03 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("O Muslim! My bullets are dipped in pig grease!")
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To: elcid1970
Anyway, hope those fifty-something year old Draken III fighters will continue to secure Swedish airspace.

I believe the Draken's are gone now. As are the Viggens, which were seriously impressive aircraft.

The latest top-of-the line Swedish aircraft is the Gripen: it's an F-5/F-20 sized delta/canard aircraft powered by a single F404 engine (F/A-18s use two of them) license-built by Volvo that is also very impressive. Several countries now using them besides Sweden, including the Czech Republic and South Africa. Brazil is trying to get a navalized version to operate off the Sao Paulo (former Foch of the French Navy).
39 posted on 07/01/2010 8:41:29 PM PDT by tanknetter
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