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That is a disingenuous comparison. Canada has multiple aviation manufacturers, we have zero submarine manufactures. We have aviation expertise, what we don't have is specific expertise in military aviation. We can evolve into it, in the same way auto plants can evolve into making military land...

If America went with the nuclear option, and blocked sales to their NORAD and NATO ally, it would be the end of sales to anyone who had other options. We'd be dumb to buy the F-35 if they played that game.

Brazil is a basket case? Quell surprise? I heard rumours that America once made an IFV that sucked when it came out, we should cut ties with them too... The Bradley is the worst thing since the Bradley. SAAB is promising work, America is promising killing our auto industry as well as our...

So... to be clear, the CAF shouldn't discuss things until it has a completely funded, and properly sourced website? The whole silliness was stirred up by a leak of discussions, which would lead to a plan.. Do you think the CAF needs to have a fully resourced section with a website before it can...

The gain is that people have some exposure to the CAF, and a basic understanding of military things... The more the reality of their CAF is exposed to people, the more likely people are to join. When people watch Full Metal Jacket and think that's the CAF, they tend to not want to take part or...

I agree with your entire post, but really want to hit this point home. Canada isn't America. Canada isn't going to fight a "peer" enemy alone, nor are we likely to pick the fight and go first strike. With that in mind, having lots of "good enough" platforms, with the industrial base to make...

Can't do that, this is Canada, and we like to pretend that anything we aren't doing now is too much. At the same time, we demand that everything we do is done to the same level as the Americans, because we are nothing if we aren't just like the sole superpower in the world.

The real problem is a media predisposed to paint anything the CAF does in a negative light, and the fact so many have their hobby horses to trot out when anything is said. There was a leak of information, that was twisted to make it as sensational as possible. From what I heave heard (second...

FTFY. Releasing anything that openly states there is a heavy bias toward immediate availability would leave the door open for TKMS to say the competition was rigged in favour of the Hanawa bid.

That's kinda the point I was getting at. Everybody is looking to gain from a deal, and unless it's a deal between genuine friends, most are looking to come out with a better deal than they are offering. The people implying Sweden wants something nefarious are being as irrational as the...

They want the same things that Team McDonalds and Team Hyundai do... They want special access to our market of 40 million people, they want our products and resources, and they want our research money. Its up to us to figure out who will screw us around the least in exchange for those...

The same guy who said we need to stop making cars in Canada too... Maybe we should adjust to the reality that America wants us broken and submissive, and we should have a little to do with them as is realistically possible.

If the US denies Canada Gripens or Gripen parts, they will lose far more than just our F-35 order. What country in the world using ITAR controlled items wouldn't immediately start looking for non-American kit? If America can turn so completely against it's closet ally and partner, what chance...

300 of any aircraft is not a small number, even if its a smaller number than the F-35, that will be mostly used by the two largest air forces in the world(USAF, and USN). The F-35 is the more advanced platform, but the Gripen isnt exactly useless... People like to push that anything but the...

Alternatively, people see it as an opportunity to open the door to collaboration with a capable defence partner that isn't so massive it can trample us on a whim. With America, we will never be anything but a very Jr. partner. With Sweden and/or SK, we can be essentially equal, which means a...