F-35 need to be repaired so often they can’t be used 50% of the time, and those repair parts come from a very unstable and hostile trading partner.
Seems like a no brainer to go Gripen given the current situation.
Not to mention parts from Israel too, a country that has killed Canadians with impunity
So… I don’t watch videos; anyone have a bulleted list?
The only ones I know about are the LM supply chain, US telematics control and US-centric command and control system on the F-35.
In essence, every F-35 sold is a part of the US Air Force one way or the other.
Gripen is more versatile for our north and for various mission types.
If equally skilled pilots faced off one-on-one, the F-35 would beat the Gripen.
The Gripen perks include supply chain and industrial benefits of making jets in Canada for other partners around the world, making it the better nation-building investment.
The F-35s are currently behind in production schedule to other international buyers, with no guaranteed deadlines, or that the contracted quantity and loadouts will be what actually gets delivered.
I think the gripen has a shorter landing distance, more tuned to the arctic and is more repairable.
People need to tell their mps to order gripens.
We need diplomats. Not death machines.
I can only wish I were as much of an optimist as you are.
America has the strongest military and Canada and Greenland are on the chopping block.
Missile and drone program like Iran’s? Seems to work well enough against US air defences.
Cheaper and less training intensive!
We also have Ukrainian drone factories.
And are part of NATO. I think other members would side with Canada rather than the US if it came down to it.
And are part of NATO. I think other members would side with Canada rather than the US if it came down to it.
Honestly I wouldn’t count on NATO at all. At least not for actual milirary support even if they side with us. I think everyone realizes that going against the US in a hot war is likely some form of WWIII event and they’d rather throw this or that country under the bus.
Yep to kick the can down the road. Eventually in this scenario America well target them and be more “powerful” since you well have less allies and they well have to engage. Appeasement never works as the aggressor always wants more.
A delta wing optimizes for raw interceptor performance but it isn’t necessarily a design well optimized for high energy turns without bleeding speed, which is one of the benefits of adding canards.
The F35, F22, F15 style fat wing brought back close to fat horizontal and vertical twin wings allows for less energy bleed (speed loss) at higher angles of attack.
The F35 is mildly stealthy and chock full of endless cost overrun.
Gripen has canards, which makes it look less cool. And really, isn’t that what matters?
This is the truth. As we’ve seen in Ukraine air battles are fought with drones now and manned jet aircraft just toss standoff munitions and bug out. Looking cool is their main role these days.
