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.

  • fourish@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Rare earth minerals aren’t terribly rare. China has lots And they’re way easier to deal with than NK.

    The US isn’t forward thinking enough to worry about it. But if they had oil…. The felon understands oil.