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Seriti Commission delayed again

defenceWeb - 4th Mar 2014

The long-running Arms Procurement Commission has been delayed again, this time over evidence from Armscor project manager Frits Nortje. Last week Nortje refused...

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Terry Crawford-Browne Over objections even from the SAAF, the Gripens were bought for Joe Modise's "visionary approach" and the bribes, and not for any rational defence...
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Darren Olivier The majority of the SAAF's personnel are there to support and sustain the network of bases, of which there are too many for the number of squadrons....
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Darren Olivier How would you defend our airspace or conduct rapid CAS/reconnaissance/strike with Super Tucanos and Tecnams, though? And how would you patrol, or...
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Darren Olivier This argument would only make sense if the issue was that the Gripens and Hawks were more expensive to operate than the Cheetahs and Impalas. But the...
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Darren Olivier It's flying. Force Preparation: Training, currency maintenance, qualification, test flying, etc. Anything necessary to ensure that aircrew and...
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