Eurofighter

Eurofighter games A letter to the Editor of The European weekly published in No. 375 (July 17-23, 1997): Dear Sir: The European big boys want to play with their expensive toys. But at the cost of $50 billion, the Eurofighter would be a little bit too much expensive toy. Let them better play with virtual planes and a virtual interceptor command centre. Let us cancel the development of the real Eurofighters as your Editorial in No. 374 reasonably suggested, and instead supply the generals and politicians with EF2000, one of the best state-of-the-art air-fight simulators for personal computers. EF2000 will put our boys completely safely into the simulated cockpit of the NATO's Eurofighter 2000. They would happily be able to create formations in the skies of the computer network, and spoil the plans of the Russian air force and prevent it in getting a foothold in Northern Europe. Our boys would be able to repel a simulated enemy - the only one they really have - using their newest fighter, equipped with the most modern guidance and arms systems. It will be quality pure entertainment during which nobody gets hurt. And we all will save billions! I. Johansson, France I was pleased, that I was not alone in my negative opinion on the production and purchase (by Czechia) of the new fighter planes. In 2004, I could not find the original any more. This page is a translation of my 1997 Czech translation of the original letter back into English. The exact wording will thus most probably differ from the original. However, the meaning is correct. Miroslav Kolar

Eurofighter games

A letter to the Editor of The European weekly published in No. 375 (July 17-23, 1997):

Dear Sir:

The European big boys want to play with their expensive toys. But at the cost of $50 billion, the Eurofighter would be a little bit too much expensive toy. Let them better play with virtual planes and a virtual interceptor command centre. Let us cancel the development of the real Eurofighters as your Editorial in No. 374 reasonably suggested, and instead supply the generals and politicians with EF2000, one of the best state-of-the-art air-fight simulators for personal computers.

EF2000 will put our boys completely safely into the simulated cockpit of the NATO's Eurofighter 2000. They would happily be able to create formations in the skies of the computer network, and spoil the plans of the Russian air force and prevent it in getting a foothold in Northern Europe. Our boys would be able to repel a simulated enemy - the only one they really have - using their newest fighter, equipped with the most modern guidance and arms systems.

It will be quality pure entertainment during which nobody gets hurt. And we all will save billions!

I. Johansson, France

I was pleased, that I was not alone in my negative opinion on the production and purchase (by Czechia) of the new fighter planes.

In 2004, I could not find the original any more. This page is a translation of my 1997 Czech translation of the original letter back into English. The exact wording will thus most probably differ from the original. However, the meaning is correct.

Miroslav Kolar