Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agoIt may provoke Trump, but Canada should cancel the purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the U.S.www.theglobeandmail.comexternal-linkmessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up1583arrow-down18
arrow-up1575arrow-down1external-linkIt may provoke Trump, but Canada should cancel the purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the U.S.www.theglobeandmail.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square134fedilink
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up58·1 day agoWith tariffs hammering F-35 sales, I expect the next Eurofighter project will have a lot more resources. I wonder if Canada will get involved.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up44·1 day agoSweden also offered to get us building our own Gripens totally locally. The page for the bid is even still up I assume we already have pilots trained in flying the F-35 at this point, which sucks if we’re never getting them, though.
minus-squarewirebeads@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·22 hours agoThis would be amazing for us to bring back military building here in Canada!!
minus-squareHellsBelle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-220 hours agoEspecially since the Americans are the ones who convinced us they had enough fighter jets to take care of us so we could/should cancel the Arrow. :/
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoI mean, there was also the issue of it just costing a lot as the Diefenbaker conservative government was looking to make cuts.
minus-squarebarbarossa@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·23 hours agoAbsolute bozo move to not go for this in retrospect. They need to give this a look again asap
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-223 hours agoIf I had hair, I definitely would have been pulling it out at the time. It’s not like this situation came out of nowhere, but normalcy bias won the day.
With tariffs hammering F-35 sales, I expect the next Eurofighter project will have a lot more resources. I wonder if Canada will get involved.
Sweden also offered to get us building our own Gripens totally locally. The page for the bid is even still up
I assume we already have pilots trained in flying the F-35 at this point, which sucks if we’re never getting them, though.
This would be amazing for us to bring back military building here in Canada!!
Especially since the Americans are the ones who convinced us they had enough fighter jets to take care of us so we could/should cancel the Arrow. :/
I mean, there was also the issue of it just costing a lot as the Diefenbaker conservative government was looking to make cuts.
Absolute bozo move to not go for this in retrospect. They need to give this a look again asap
If I had hair, I definitely would have been pulling it out at the time. It’s not like this situation came out of nowhere, but normalcy bias won the day.