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Costings sought for massive expansion of Irish military including purchase of fighter jets (www.irishtimes.com)
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Under the proposals, the Irish Naval Service, which will soon be renamed the Irish Navy, will operate 12 ships, double the fleet. This would give Ireland “a defensive conventional maritime warfighting capability”.

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[–] GoodStuffEh 3 points 5 days ago

I think the articles photo of a Gripen is a good guess. Affordable, easy to operate/maintain, and modern enough to stand against other 4th gen fighters. I also just think it's pretty, so yeah...