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I thought they did already? I recall reading a couple of years ago that the Swiss Air Force was unable to intercept a suspect plane because they went home at weekends, and had a cover agreement with another country (Austria? Can't recall).Looking at it from the outside, this fighter purchase seems to me to be motivated by: "other countries have air forces, so we should have one too" rather than any coldly logical analysis of needs and value for money. I don't know what the Swiss SAM coverage is like, but I would have thought that a modern, mobile SAM system would provide a deterrent to any hostile incursions at a fraction of the price (purchase and running costs).
I thought they did already? I recall reading a couple of years ago that the Swiss Air Force was unable to intercept a suspect plane because they went home at weekends, and had a cover agreement with another country (Austria? Can't recall).
Looking at it from the outside, this fighter purchase seems to me to be motivated by: "other countries have air forces, so we should have one too" rather than any coldly logical analysis of needs and value for money. I don't know what the Swiss SAM coverage is like, but I would have thought that a modern, mobile SAM system would provide a deterrent to any hostile incursions at a fraction of the price (purchase and running costs).
