The Irish have no enemies ????? Sober ones maybe but ….
your right Ireland have no enemies as do the czech republic,slovakia,hungry or austria yet they all have fighter squadrons with modern aircraft that are either being replaced or upgraded!the only 2reasons Ireland do not have a squadron of fighters for air defence is because long ago Ireland had to agree to maintain just a small defence force(the army had a limit of 16tanks imposed on it by the British)basically just enough to control the general public and reinforce the garda siochana(Irish police) in times of unrest but not enough to pose a threat to anybody.the second reason is because no politician wants to put his/her neck on the line by agreeing to buy aircraft that cost 30mil a pop!it would be political suicide for them,even more so because the elections are not far off and nothing reels in the voters more than new roads,hospitals and schools!
now that the troubles with Britain are long over im sure they would help defend our airspace if we asked them but we would rather do the job ourselves,its a matter of pride and having the capacity to defend ourselves should the need arise,and its not a case of having fighters just to have them.
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