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Carney orders review of F-35 fighter jet purchase from U.S.’s Lockheed Martin (www.ctvnews.ca)
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Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked for a review of Canada’s plan to purchase a fleet of F-35 fighter jets.

The deal with Lockheed Martin and the U.S. government is for 88 planes at a cost of about US$85 million each.

A spokesperson for Defence Minister Bill Blair said Carney has asked Blair to look into whether the F-35 contract is the best investment for Canada, or if there are better options.

“We need to do our homework given the changing environment, and make sure that the contract in its current form is in the best interests of Canadians and the Canadian Armed Forces,” Blair’s press secretary Laurent de Casanove said.

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[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

Trump says a lot of stupid shit.

Yes he does, but strangely enough he's followed through with a lot more of it in his 2.0 incarnation.

Do you think Canada can buy enough jets to even matter?

As I said previously I'm not even sure we could have any delivered before the conflict began. But that shouldn't negate us at least trying.

Can you even imagine how much that would cost?

Yes, billions of dollars.

Would you also recommend that Ukraine stop spending money it doesn't have to fight Russia? I sure hope not.

Is there even enough productive capacity in the world for those jets to be delivered in less than ten years?

Already answered more than once.

If it comes to a fight against the US the best strategy is guerilla warfare.

Agreed. That is what we will end up in. I'm wondering why you wouldn't want more fighting power tho?