Switzerland is trying to buy Gripen jets like the one above. Luftwaffe
Switzerland Wants To Upgrade Its 9-to-5 Air Force -- Joel Stonington, Vocativ
The famously neutral country wants to upgrade its antiquated fighter jets, because some of its planes are so old they can't even fly at night
Several months ago, the co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Europe waited until the pilot was in the bathroom, then locked the door and hijacked his own plane. Originally bound for Rome, the co-pilot wanted to land in Switzerland so he could seek asylum.
Normally the Swiss air force would intervene, but the lords of the air above the Alps were nowhere to be found. Apparently, it was too early in the morning. “Switzerland cannot intervene because its airbases are closed at night and at the weekends,” said the spokesman for the Swiss air force, Laurent Savary, at the time. “It’s a question of budget and staffing.”
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My Comment: The Swiss have always been fickle about how they spend their money. On matters of national defense .... their altitude has always been that if war breaks out .... the men (and women) would grab their guns and head to the mountains .... conducting a costly and bloody guerrilla warfare that would last for years. This may have been a sound defense policy in the 19th and 20th century .... but in today's world .... I am not too sure.
It's the yodeling. No one can bear it for more than 20 hours straight.
ReplyDeleteThe enemy will counter with Metallica ... but yodeling for 20 hours straight .... can't beat that.
ReplyDeleteWe can talk about yodeling and Metallica, but I shall reveal the most devastating weapon of all. Developed secretly in a joint Soviet-American laboratory I give you:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzT1kO_-xbQ
May god have mercy on all exposed.