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.

      • alsimoneau@lemmy.ca
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        4 hours ago

        It doesn’t matter if you only use them in training. At worst you can’t train, but it doesn’t stop you from responding to an actual military situation.

        • Matty Roses@lemmy.today
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          3 hours ago

          Pretty expensive training cost for the benefit.

          Especially since, as Ukraine has shown, buying swarms of little drones can make expensive airplanes like the F-35 a non-factor.

          I’m not Canadian, but as someone who doesn’t like the US military, I’d advise you to cancel your contracts with the US, and buy lots of drones from China and Turkey, while you ramp up your local capacity to build them. Let the Americans choke on their own military contractor welfare.