Posted on 09/11/2010 3:43:27 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Defence given lift-off to buy Growler warplanes
Mark Dodd
From: The Australian September 08, 2010 12:00AM
Defence given lift-off to buy Growler warplanes Mark Dodd From: The Australian September 08, 2010 12:00AM Increase Text SizeDecrease Text SizePrintEmail Share Add to DiggAdd to del.icio.usAdd to FacebookAdd to KwoffAdd to MyspaceAdd to NewsvineWhat are these?WASHINGTON has given the go-ahead for Australia to buy the EA-18G "Growler" electronic warfare aircraft. It is the most advanced warplane of its type in the world, defence industry sources said yesterday.
The Australian understands the decision was made about a fortnight ago by the US Technology, Transfer, Security Assistance, Review Board (TTSARB), a decision that could pave the way for the first foreign military sale of the Growler, defence sources said.
TTSARB rules on potential foreign sales of sensitive high-end US military equipment. Its decision follows last year's request by the Rudd government to have 12 F/A-18F Super Hornets, half a 24-plane order for the RAAF, configured on Boeing's assembly line for a possible Growler upgrade.
Australia bought 24 F/A-18F Super Hornets -- described by its maker as the world's best multi-role fighter -- in a $6 billion deal to acquire a "bridging capability" to cover the retirement of its ageing fleet of F-111 strike aircraft.
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We never sold anyone a prowler....why would we sell a growler??? I do not like this one bit
I didn’t know that. I did know that we never sold A-6’s to anyone.
EA-6B....grumman prowler....still the most advanced ECM platform in the world ( until the growler is deployed )..I was in a “Q” squadron in the ‘70’s....at the time it was the most expensive aircraft in the arsenel..
i wonder what the gold in the canopies cost???
I was a plane captain...had to polish them damn things every day......I am sure it ain’t cheap.. :)
i always thought it was cool that you could actually film gold so thin you could see through it on spacesuit helmets and then it showed up on the canopies... something else space exploration has brought to earth use
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