At this point, the only commitment is to buy 16 F-35s. Mark Carney will be making the final decision on whether to proceed with purchases of another 72 of the stealth fighters.

The F-35 is a poison pill for Canadian defence sovereignty against a hostile America. We cannot win against an invasion, but with the Gripen we can make it a phyrric victory for them.

  • FreeBooteR69@lemmy.caEnglish
    13·
    2 days ago

    What bullshit, they can’t even keep them in the air. Massive cost overruns, budgets ballooning exponentially, capabilities advertised unavailable, 50% availability means while our enemies are blowing the shit out of us they are stuck in the hanger being paper-weights. Look it up yourself, they won’t have advertised capability until 2035. They are also rusting on the tarmac, how will that work for stealth, lol. Fuck the F35 i’d rather have a fighter that can fly and perform as advertised. Look up all it’s problems yourself, they are numerous.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
      11·
      6 hours ago

      Your numbers are based on unsourced claims from RT lol

      But sure bro, just trust your one squadron of Gripens will totally defend Canadian airspace from the US Air Force 😝

    • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      2 days ago

      The paper pointed out that the F-35A, the variant being purchased by Canada, achieved a full mission-capable rate of only 36 per cent in 2023.