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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
Besides, EADS has no experience trying to build a tanker in the first place.
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I guess the German and Canadian tankers don't count, then? EADS have been building tankers for a while.
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Couple that to Boeing's version is pretty much built and ready to go. It is being procured by Japan as we speak.
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Japan and Italy are buying the KC-767, the A330 MRTT is being purchased by Australia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and UK. The Boeing model is further along in flight testing than the A330.
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Its just dumb to go with the EADS version. Besides, it costs more to operate, regardless if it holds little more fuel, and it has no real defenses when the Boeing version does! That is another sticking point that Boeing has brought up. The EADS version is a sitting duck!
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Can you link to the defences, I can't find anything.
More than a little more fuel, 27% more.