The Department of National Defence said it finalized a deal with the U.S. to acquire 26 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers.
The Department of National Defence said it finalized a deal with the U.S. to acquire 26 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers.
I am familiar with the purchase. One of the key factors is it needed to fit in a type of plane Canada uses. It also needed to be fully interoperable with allied systems. There are a couple other options, HIMARS is the best system. We will see if we regret reliance on the US. Reliance on the US being the primary shortcoming of HIMARS.
Out of curiosity: would purchasing these therefore mean the CAF would in a sense be locked into purchasing that type of plane in the future? And where are those planes manufactured?