A military changing aircraft means rewriting pilot and maintenance personnel training programs
All the reason to stop considering F35 alternatives, and cancel F35 immidiately. Sell any to KSA or North Korea for all I care.
The only military mission Canada will ever NEED to do in near future is defense/attack against US forces. That can’t be done with F35s that need Lockheed Martin permission for avionic systems. Pretending our military’s only mission will remain to hammer “rules based world order” nails is what needs to stop immediately.
The other issue is what a shit plane the F35 is. If ever there is a legitimate reason to amplify US dictate again, it can be done with other planes than F35. The point that this was always a colonial tribute paying for a boondoggle was always unacceptable. Same people can learn to fly and maintain other fighters.
The more likely disastrous scenario is Russia repeatedly “tests” Canada’s borders, and Trump or an equally idiot successor decides this is an opportunity to re-negociate trade agreements while the mission planning server in the US suffers from an inexplicable temporary outage.
As for training, Ukraine proves every day a jet’s pilots, mechs, etc. can definitely be re-trained and operate in a high intensity war.
The more likely disastrous scenario is Russia repeatedly “tests” Canada’s borders
Will absolutely never happen. Russia has no reason to ever exploit resources in Canadian waters/territory without our permission. There is an international treaty against exploitation of any arctic resources even in own waters, but US will ignore and so no one will say shit about any of it, when exploiting own territory.
All the reason to stop considering F35 alternatives, and cancel F35 immidiately. Sell any to KSA or North Korea for all I care.
The only military mission Canada will ever NEED to do in near future is defense/attack against US forces. That can’t be done with F35s that need Lockheed Martin permission for avionic systems. Pretending our military’s only mission will remain to hammer “rules based world order” nails is what needs to stop immediately.
The other issue is what a shit plane the F35 is. If ever there is a legitimate reason to amplify US dictate again, it can be done with other planes than F35. The point that this was always a colonial tribute paying for a boondoggle was always unacceptable. Same people can learn to fly and maintain other fighters.
The more likely disastrous scenario is Russia repeatedly “tests” Canada’s borders, and Trump or an equally idiot successor decides this is an opportunity to re-negociate trade agreements while the mission planning server in the US suffers from an inexplicable temporary outage.
As for training, Ukraine proves every day a jet’s pilots, mechs, etc. can definitely be re-trained and operate in a high intensity war.
Will absolutely never happen. Russia has no reason to ever exploit resources in Canadian waters/territory without our permission. There is an international treaty against exploitation of any arctic resources even in own waters, but US will ignore and so no one will say shit about any of it, when exploiting own territory.