Negotiations are underway for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) to acquire a larger mixed fleet of American-made Lockheed Martin F-35s and Saab Gripen-E fighters built in Canada, the sources said.
Ottawa's mixed fleet of F-35s and Gripens could total more than 100 aircraft, sources say
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/f-35-gripen-saab-lockheed-martin-canadian-armed-forces-9.7225549
12 Comments
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 74d
We should have 0 f35s
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 74d
Unfortunately, we have already paid for 16 of them. But we should stop there.
Individual_Orchid@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 74d
Unfortunately they won't.
CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 74d
It will certainly be a reduced fleet.
AGM@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 73d
How reduced is what matters. The full fleet order was 88, and the article reports various sources as saying we will still be ordering between 72 to 88. So, if the reporting is accurate, it's not anything like the extent of reduced fleet order many Canadians were expecting.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 73d
Yeah phase that shit out. Sell them to Iran or something.
AGM@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 73d
Jfc... still 72 to 88 F-35s?
No_Eponym@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 73d
Aralakh@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 72d
This gif is amazing, and quite apropos.
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 74d
So you're telling me the world's second largest country needs more than a handful of jets to protect its airspace and can't rely entirely on the permanent benevolence of others? I am shocked, shocked! ... well, not that shocked.
m__a__b@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 73d
Better teach the Gripens to shoot down the F35s.
FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 73d
There should be at least 150 Gripen in my option.