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.

  • Matty Roses@lemmy.today
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    1 day ago

    Heh if you haven’t, read Turtledoves Southern Victory series. It winds up with a Canadian insurgency with exactly those problems