The contrast between the replacement for the existing Collins class submarines and the F-111 strike fighter is instructive. Governments didn’t replace the F-111 with the similarly sized F15 fighter, let alone require a much bigger version to be designed. Other factors led to the choice of the smaller, shorter range F-35s and the F18 Super Hornets. The F15’s combat radius is 1,960 km: the F-35’s is 1,000 km and the Super Hornet’s 740 km.
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