“This is not just a fictional fear. Donald Trump did this to Ukraine. He threatened to withhold, and did withhold, parts to the F-16 fighter jet radar and left the Ukrainian Air Force in a lurch,” he said.
Yup.
Trump is loosely adopting the subscription model. Agree to the new TOS or have services withheld. On top of F-35s being far too costly than the USAF had ever wanted, as a JSF it’s a confusing jack-of-all trades; master of none, and so there’s obviously much more sensible options elsewhere.
When the end goal here is national defence, one needs to consider how it will be ultimately impacted by entering into a “deal” with the current USA. It’s entirely expected nations will browse on by and shop elsewhere
So do I!
I will support any move that takes money out of the US economy.
Most Canadians do as well.
lol for real did the NDP write this headline?
Regular Canadians sure, but are the other parties saying it? Because if the cons want to keep the contract and the Liberals are quiet, the the NDP is indeed standing out.
Carney directed his finance minister to look into other options, specifically if they could be built in Canada. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/f35-blair-trump-1.7484477
My other comment was more of a jab at the NDP trying to stay relevant.
That’s good to hear, I hope they go through with it.
Regarding the NDP, saying the things that regular Canadians are saying, but in government, is kind of their job though.
But… not the pilots and brass, apparently, they want the power platform promise that hasn’t been demonstrated yet.
Sure, but that means nothing at all if the enemy can just neuter your offense with the flip of a switch
Yeah, obviously. So, are they in denial or do they know something we don’t?
I assume he’s not committing to it either way until CUSMA is renegotiated. It’s probably a bargaining chip. On principal I do agree that we should scrap the entire F-35 contract in favour of Gripens though.
If john deere can brick tractors that Russians stole I bet these jets could be grounded without a boubt
So do most of the Canadian citizens but, regardless of the national temperature, we’re still heavily tied into the uber-complicated economic and cultural relationship we have with a superpower that is now a dying beast.
As an American that’s certainly what I’d do
It would be the prudent thing to do. Regardless of whether there is an actual killswitch, the logistics chain is too big an issue if the USA decides to follow through with being a fuckwit against Canada.
For the long term, I guess the question for Euro-NATO would be: “Do we make our own JSF program, or should we have a bunch of specialized aircraft?”
I appreciate them saying this but NDP need to get their own house in order.
In my country, the local air force would prefer the Gripen because it’s cheaper to keep them flying.
