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Canada reconsidering F-35 purchase amid tensions with Washington, says minister (www.cbc.ca)

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Canada is actively looking at potential alternatives to the U.S-built F-35 stealth fighter and will hold conversations with rival aircraft makers, Defence Minister Bill Blair said late Friday, just hours after being reappointed to the post as part of Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet.

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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"reconsidering"?

Y'all haven't canceled all orders of everything yet? I know I would.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

It's not like buying a car. Whatever amount has historically been paid for the aircraft is probably only a small portion of the amount invested in training maintenance personnel and facilities for manufacturing parts.

They definitely need to be shifting to other options but the current tiff with the US will be over before you can start phasing out the current fleet.