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I pitched this awhile ago, but there weren't many takers. I'm going to pitch it again, since I think the makeup of the board has altered a bit and peoples' minds might be in a different place.




...in the early 80s, Britain, France, Spain, Italy, and West Germany were part of a design syndicate known as the Future European Fighter Aircraft program. The French really wanted a carrier aircraft out of the FEFA programme, which was something the rest of the countries weren't so sure about.

After some other disagreements, the French left the program and it fell apart. The other countries got back together, and started a new program called Eurofighter. The French, of course, developed the Rafale.

So I ask you (and especially the Europeans of the board)...what would have been the repurcussions for the European militaries and most importantly the European economies if the French had stayed in Eurofighter?
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