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xatttyesterday at 6:06 PM2 repliesview on HN

It helps that the base plane is built in Canada, and that the PM made commitments to the Swedish king in November 2025.


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kspacewalk2yesterday at 7:05 PM

Worth noting that the base plane for one of the US-based contenders, the Aeris X by L3Harris, would also be the same Bombardier Global 6500 business jet.

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866-RON-0-FEZyesterday at 7:09 PM

Or, consider that the smaller Saab better fits the mission profile for Canada, and may be cheaper to operate, all the while The Guardian is furiously beating off trying to turn this into a bigger story than it really is.

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