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People really don't realize why the F-35 is such a chunky aircraft, it doesn't have external fuel tanks because it carries an ungodly amount of fuel internally as standard. The F-35A carries something like 20% more fuel internally than Gripen E does with its internal fuel and three drop tanks...

I've said it countless times here but sitting back on our laurels and expecting the only threats we will be facing for the next 30-50 years to be Bears and escorting Russian 4th gen fighters is very poor planning. Even if that was the only threat we will ever face, you do not plan for an even...

Self Defence length Mark 41 was never actually produced for a customer, and seems to have been entirely discontinued by 2026. Mark 56 VLS is also a legacy Cold War system that specializes in placement aboard very small vessels/ships without space, it is a sub-optimal system and likely will not...

My mistake, I wasn't aware we sent CPF's through during that. They really don't have the required armament and magazine depth to be a worthwhile asset there.

Another argument is that the Army and Navy are seeing all of the political and economic will to expand the CAF, and have pounced on it to a pretty aggressive degree. Many of their plans are optimistic to say the least and are likely to see many cuts, especially as a lot of things aren't funded...

Unlike the Army and Navy, the Airforce has not released, talked or even let rumours slip about additional fighter buys. Everything has pointed to the 88 order being carried forward, with not a peep to the contrary. Let me know when we hear literally anything to the contrary, and I'll change my...

https://removepaywalls.com/https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-sources-say-ottawa-considering-swedish-jets-over-f-35s-for-half-of-fleet A total unsubstantiated nothingburger from NP and can't say I'm especially surprised. The whole article is nationalist muck raking without much...

Nulka decoy launchers

The UK Type 26 is going to need all of the RCS minimization it can get given its lack of general capabilities lol.

Yes, AOPS has their hands full as it is between their own duties and now taking on MCDV duties. Doing CPF duties is totally untenable.

AOPS shouldn't be sent anywhere where it is vulnerable to the threats your describe, just like how we did not send CPF's into the Red Sea as they were not adequately able to deal with the threat environment at hand. Putting a 57mm gun aboard the ships isn't sufficient insurance to risk valuable...

My problem with this attitude is that even if you put a larger gun on the AOPS, it fundamentally cannot be used as a placeholder for the kinds of operations where the CPF's are required. AOPS is not a combatant and even if you festooned the entire vessel with electronic warfare systems, decoys...

Rafale doing cross deck operations off USN Carriers and utilizing NATO datalinks is the bare minimum interoperability for our alliance as a whole, the Gripen can do exactly the same thing with other LINK capable NATO platforms. That isn't what I'm talking about here, and doesn't hold a candle to...

As much as I loathe Hoekstra generally and his typical inflammatory rhetoric specifically, he is sadly right in this scenario. If the Canadian Govt adopts the Gripen over the F-35, NORAD will be weaker and less advanced as a whole, requiring the US to step in and fill the gap with likely more...

Fundamentally incompatible with the requirements for reliable and speedy delivery of the submarines to cover RCN requirements. Nothing about setting up a submarine production facility in Canada will be cheap, efficient or reliable. Comparing a random South American backwater's attempts at a two...

The program is in limbo at the moment, so it's currently unknown. Anybody arguing for Canada to buy 4th gen fighters for frontline combatant roles in 2026 should be laughed out of the room frankly, it's deeply unserious and undercuts the long term functionality of the RCAF. Typhoon is expensive...

Because the mission bay aboard the RCD is not designed to be a missile launching platform, there is substantial benefit to protecting the internals of the mission bay and allowing direct access through the hanger. An open mission bay amidships is not ideal for a vessel designed to operate in the...

There’s also this really strange and foreign thing to CAF members, it’s called a union.

Because this "fighter review" is a political charade that nobody besides Lockheed Martin and Saab have even been invited to attend, none of the major European firms are dumb enough to refight another fighter competition against the F-35 when they know what the result will eventually be. Saab is...

I hold the competency, capability, funding resources and track record of Dassault and Airbus as far in excess of Saab. If we are looking for a partner, the French/Germans are a far better option in my opinion.