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Ah, SAAB Draken, the coolest fighter plane ever... When I was a kid the Finnish Air Force held it's summer live shooting camps in my local airport, so the unusual double-delta wing was a familiar sight for me. My first car? Naturally a SAAB.

So, I'm completely neutral on the issue. Why did Australia choose Mirage III over this unimaginable beauty? Could a GAF Draken be a realistic possibility? Bonus points, if Draken is developed further in Australia.

(Actually, I think Mirage III is even more beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful warplane ever, partially due to reading Tanguy et Laverdure comics as a kid... My only issue with the comics was, that in one episode the Bad Guys flew Drakens...)

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