rjtjrt
Plenty of maturity in the RAAF then, but naive trust in the French that is unlikely to be repeated.
Also involved in other bans at the same time were Swiss, Swedish and UK governments.
All of which left a memory in Australia..
Hawk 127 / PC9 / 330 MRT / Tiger / MRH 90 / AS350 / EC135
RAAF chose the F18 because it was the most suitable aircraft for their needs, not because of events 20 years old at the time.
P.S : So I suppose that with such a good memory to which you reffer, Australia doesn't do business and has not a link with Vietnam and China (the first one killing your boys and the second one providing the weapons to the first one 50 years ago).
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