Originally Posted by
Valiantone
I fear a geography lesson maybe required....
Why? To reassure us that Austria borders only on peaceful countries? At 400 kts, the long axis of the country takes less than an hour, half that going north south.
I do not see the military role in the current environment for Typhoon, it seems more appropriate for the cold war era, when anything coming from the east could be deemed hostile.
So imho Austria did great to find a (sucker) buyer for their expensive jets.