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Big Liberal Win In Canada Is Bad News For The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Foxtrot Alpha ^ | 10/20/2015 | Tyler Rogoway

Posted on 10/20/2015 7:37:03 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki

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Given Trudeau's spending priorities, guess it's going to be bad news for all possible vendors, not just Lockheed Martin.
1 posted on 10/20/2015 7:37:03 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Bring back the Avro Arrow.


2 posted on 10/20/2015 7:41:33 AM PDT by C19fan
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Just last month, Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau made it clear that he intends to scrap the F-35 program all together

Maybe some F-22's?..................

3 posted on 10/20/2015 7:42:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Trudeau will endeavour to buy whatever Charles DeGaulle flew.


4 posted on 10/20/2015 7:45:04 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

He will gut the military and use the money for Welfare.


5 posted on 10/20/2015 7:47:12 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

but it’s good news for Syrians ,he wants to bring in tons , he compares them to the Boat People ,the people that came to Canada before he was born . Oh ,and he better keep his hands off my Guns


6 posted on 10/20/2015 7:50:15 AM PDT by butlerweave
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He will just plain abolish the armed forces of Canada! Right after he bans oil drilling and the Canadian Senate.

In hindsight, maybe Scott Walker was right about needing a fence on the Canadian border because I foresee a massive influx of them sneaking across the border when it all goes sour.


7 posted on 10/20/2015 7:50:34 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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We will immediately launch an open and transparent competition to replace the CF-18 fighter aircraft. The primary mission of our fighter aircraft should remain the defense of North America, not stealth first-strike capability.

In that case, he should just buy some old F-4 Phantoms and put a 1.5 G operational limit on them. There are very, very few aircraft that have the range to attack Canada from Europe or Asia and none of them are fighters. F-104s and F-106s are also good options. Not a lot of training will be required, so he can have them haul the mail as well.

I'll give Canada 20 years before it follows NZ and decides that it doesn't need a military at all. The evil U.S. will protect them.

8 posted on 10/20/2015 7:51:31 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Liberals and especially the Trudeaus Hate the Military


9 posted on 10/20/2015 7:53:34 AM PDT by butlerweave
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I’m hoping he turns it into a Welfare state and all of our moochers go north.


10 posted on 10/20/2015 7:54:18 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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We can be like some EU countries when it came to the “Syrians” and Shepard all of the poor Mexicans looking for welfare right on up into Canada!


11 posted on 10/20/2015 7:56:11 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: sukhoi-30mki

I don’t agree with JT (can’t even type his name) about much, but this is one positive that can result from the election. The F-35 is not the plane for Canada. Buy Super Hornets instead. They will be adequate to protect North American airspace.


12 posted on 10/20/2015 7:56:38 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian
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After 9/11, Canada protected the United States while Alaska’s airceraft pulled CONUS CAP duties.


13 posted on 10/20/2015 7:57:57 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag necessary?)
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65 aircraft...

It will cause some disturbance in the force, but it's Canada's decision. They voted for this government.

But the real story here is the purported "open competition"...this means years of competition, arguing, bickering, bribing, etc. before a decision is ever arrived at, let alone taking delivery of new aircraft. In the meantime, Canada's military capability continues to degrade.

The guy is a socialist through and through...talk is cheap and that is about all socialists do when it comes to defense.

Godspeed good, conservative Canadians...I wish you the best in enduring the next few years.

14 posted on 10/20/2015 8:00:27 AM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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65 aircraft...

It will cause some disturbance in the force, but it's Canada's decision. They voted for this government.

But the real story here is the purported "open competition"...this means years of competition, arguing, bickering, bribing, etc. before a decision is ever arrived at, let alone taking delivery of new aircraft. In the meantime, Canada's military capability continues to degrade.

The guy is a socialist through and through...talk is cheap and that is about all socialists do when it comes to defense.

Godspeed good, conservative Canadians...I wish you the best in enduring the next few years.

15 posted on 10/20/2015 8:00:28 AM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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Ungh, sorry for double post...


16 posted on 10/20/2015 8:01:53 AM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: butlerweave

Watch the value of Loonies and Toonies to keeping down.


17 posted on 10/20/2015 8:04:25 AM PDT by Beagle8U (jeb! continues to not only step in it, but lie down and roll in it! - freedumb2003)
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To: sukhoi-30mki
Ending the F-35 program may hurt Lockheed, but Boeing would stand to make a LOT of money selling a potential successor to the F-18E Super Hornet, possibly with an uprated F404 engine and much of the avionics from the F-35. And both the Eurofighter consortium and Dassault will benefit because former F-35 customers will now seriously look at buying the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Dassault Rafale fighters.
18 posted on 10/20/2015 8:09:37 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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All of Trudeau’s promissory budget is committed to buying colored glass beads for Canadians. There will be no money used for Canada’s defence. Putin loves Trudeau and is preparing to walk in through Canada’s Northern gateway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Joint_Strategic_Command_(Russia)


19 posted on 10/20/2015 8:20:16 AM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Yo-Yo
After 9/11, Canada protected the United States while Alaska’s airceraft pulled CONUS CAP duties.

Yep, landed at Normandy too. Times change.

20 posted on 10/20/2015 8:36:39 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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