Year of the Rafale

[Reinhardt]

Tigers, NH 90.... beautiful machines which give a lot of satisfaction to many other countries. Of course it's not american - what a disappointment if you have been watching Hollywood movies since your early childhood
- and there is the Airbus 330 tanker...
- and the HMAS Success, a Durance-class tanker (same as French Navy, which has 5 of the type) (also exported to Saudi Arabia) ....
- and the submarines Scorpene, which might come down South before the end of the year (offered by a country with nuclear submarines, both attack and missiles-launchers - to the contrary of Japan and Germany)
The Australian MOD was visiting France two weeks ago :
Dcns Welcomes Australian Defence Minister To Cherbourg Shipyards | DCNS Group
But with US Marines now based in Darwin (!) I'm not surprised of the bias displayed by a vocal minority on this thread.