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.

  • puppinstuff@lemmy.caEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    I’m not sure that’s a confirmed thing but Trump did make the threat last year, so 🤷

    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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      5 hours ago

      They aren’t proving they can’t because they refuse to give us the code. We have to assume they can.