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PC 9 - Strike Capability?

G_R · 2011-05-15 15:05:57

Hi, I was just reading up on some of the security/road/transport restrictions in place for Queen Elizabeth's visit next week and I saw on BreakingNews.ie that the skies will be patrolled by seven PC9 planes and anti-aircraft missiles which will be placed in Phoenix Park Having an interest in this kind of thing, I have done…

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#52 20-05-2011 10:41pm

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Locust wrote: »

Seriously those PC9 aircraft are ancient...

No they are not, just cause most people see a propeller they think that they are the same as ww2 aircraft. They are a very fast aircraft, and are extremely technologically advanced. A lot of countries use both the PC9 and similar aircraft to train pilots to a standard good enough to progress to fast jet. And despite a lot of very valid points here about lift capabilities it still does not mean that we should not have a better capability. It seems that it has to be one or the other but TBH we should strive to have both. It does not have to happen overnight but we should be striving to reach some acceptable level.

If we want to be a modern country playing our part internationally then we should look at the capabilities required to achieve it. Something which needs to be driven over the long term by government and hopefully the next white paper will lay some foundation towards that end.

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