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jmowreader

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13. I can think of another good reason to choose that platform

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 03:42 PM

Tuesday

“Fuck Trump” is always a good reason to do anything, but there’s another one that makes more sense.

SAAB GlobalEye is installed in a Bombardier Global 6000 business jet. E-7 Wedgetail is installed in a Boeing 737-800. The Global 6000 burns 250 gallons per hour less fuel than the 737-800 and it’s cheaper to maintain, doesn’t take up as much ramp space and doesn’t need one of those truck mounted ladders to board like an airliner does so it can use more of their airbases without having to buy a lot of ground support equipment.

If your mission only involves keeping one continent safe and you don’t have generals who look at any Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance system and ask “what else can we make this do?” this is the better aircraft.

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