The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

[Ludoc]

How about if we just bought into the existing programmes and supplied crews for them so that it became a 5-Eyes patrol and not 5 national patrols.

We don't have to get into building and maintaining. The Yanks and the Brits have got that covered.

What happens when one country is fighting Iran/Iraq/Venezuela/Argentina? Do the other 5 eyes nations get a veto, keeping the subs out of the conflict? Or do the subs' crews get dragged into conflicts their government is otherwise not involved in?

If the former, why would the Americans ever agree to that arrangement? If the later, why would we?

 

[Kirkhill]

What happens when one country is fighting Iran/Iraq/Venezuela/Argentina? Do the other 5 eyes nations get a veto, keeping the subs out of the conflict? Or do the subs' crews get dragged into conflicts their government is otherwise not involved in?

If the former, why would the Americans ever agree to that arrangement? If the later, why would we?

And thus the reason Alliances don't work.

What if I don't want to help?

Co-Operative Societies are everybody's favourite solution when times are hard. But the co-operation only lasts until someone's self-interested needs are met. Then they stop co-operating.