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defenceWeb - 9th Feb 2009

The South African Navy (SAN) is next month hosting the 3rd Sea Power for Africa symposium at the Cape Town International Convention...

W Donald R215 million on useless vaccines from Cuba , the multi million Rand contract for Cuban maintenance staff at highly inflated labour rates , that is...
SAAF Gripens grounded · an hour ago
Jared kruger Well yes you are correct I didn’t think of that. I was under the impression that the Cannibalised Gripens were not massively cannibalised but rather...
SAAF Gripens grounded · an hour ago
Darren Olivier I'm afraid not. Even if you halved the number of top staff you'd not generate enough savings to properly run Air Combat, let alone the rest of the...
SAAF Gripens grounded · an hour ago
W Donald I don't think so , if there was no corruption and fewer top staff with ridiculous salaries there would be available funds for maintenance
SAAF Gripens grounded · 2 hours ago
Darren Olivier I think that's an unfair characterisation. Maintenance still takes place, in fact the reason the Gripens are grounded is because without a support...
SAAF Gripens grounded · 2 hours ago