Linked National Post on purpose. Given their bias I believe they’d present the worst case scenario.
E: Apparently the article is from 2016 so the cost is likely higher today.
Why even pay the cancelation fee?
It’s not like anything going on now is legitimate.
Or promise to pay but never do, like Trump did for his campaign rally expenses.
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Exactly. Canada should just choose to ignore it. Just like the US is ignoring international deals they’ve signed with other countries. Thing is: Canada has honour and our actual signature means something when we sign agreements. I don’t think Canada will sink as low as the US.
I do not think so either but we really should.
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How are they the only ones offering that, that needs to be table stakes to even bid
Because we live in capitalist dictatorships masquerading as freedom™️ and democracy™️
But we assumed it was ok till recently? How was it ever ok?
We need to pull out of this deal, the last thing Canada needs is to buy weapons from the country that has designs to annex us. And that sells weapons with kill switches.
Weapons they need permission to use.
Exactly. Absolutely it has to be cancelled based on the fact that the imminent danger to Canada is from the US. No way we should be buying their weapons, listening to their media etc.
That feels like an internet rumour. How would that even work? Like if someone took out LM’s servers all F-35s in the world would no longer function? If an enemy jammed the signal they wouldn’t work?
There’s no need to invent problems anyway. The US could potentially cut off Canada from parts needed to maintain the planes and that’s reason enough to cancel it.
It’s not a rumor. I’m sure it’s not quite as simple as the internet is making it out to be, but there are systems that the US hosts which are required for full operation.
The daily unlock code thing is a myth. The grain of truth is that the F-35 relies heavily on mission data files (MDFs), which are region-specific software packages that enable the jet to recognize threats, navigate, and employ weapons, and we depend on the US being willing to supply those updates voluntarily for our fighter jets to be useful.
And Canada is perfectly capable of generating those files themselves.
It doesn’t have a kill switch. It’s a computer program that helps the radar and stuff. Right now everyone’s program goes to the US for QA before they fly with it. It’s purely by agreement, countries are absolutely physically capable of doing this on their own.
Why bother paying anything? Let it go to court. Threatening annexation should fall under some kind of hostilities clause, national security clause, or force majeure clause. Anyway who’s going to collect?
The US government can pay
MDLockheed, they’re the ones who threatened annexation.Edit… Fixed above, not sure why I had MacDonell Douglas on my mind…strange substitution for a company that no longer exists under that name.
Not saying you’re wrong, but certainly that would be added to the made-up list of reasons to annex Canada.
Doug Ford spent much more on canceling various contracts on a whim. I say bail.
Don’t cancel. “Pause” it until further notice
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No say will cancel it and then pause it then cancel the landing gear then pause that then cancel it pause it till it comes back looking like the avro arrow
Fuck it. They’re an intelligence hazard and that’s cheap in government terms.
I’ve been advocating joining GCAP, an effort by Japan, UK and Italy to make a 6th gen fighter. It isn’t scheduled to deliver the final design until 2035 though, so we would still need a stopgap.
Still, it would send a pretty strong signal and also allow as a path to reinvigorate our domestic aerospace defence industry.
and also allow as a path to reinvigorate our domestic aerospace defence industry.
Avro Arrow centenary edition in 2059.
This looks like a good idea. We do have people in Lunenberg, NS that have experience with working with stealth materials which could be a significant contribution to that project.
Could we call it the Arrow? Though I’d also be cool with it being called Spitfire.
I don’t know, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the final platform had room for national partner tweaks. Probably could call ours the Arrow 2: Strange Brew or something.
Yes. In this case I linked it on purpose because of their handlers.
- But it continues the notion that we should rely on them for information, when they have most certainly poisoned Canadian culture and politics.
- Also, by sending users to an American site, it increases their revenues, when this money could have gone to a Canadian media site.
- And if you aren’t already aware, Canadian owned media is deliberately neglected because it’s contrary to a particular elite group in this country… And yeah, we should support and grow Canadian owned media regardless of political party.
But if you still insist on supporting American media…
Of course Canada needs to leave. Do Canadian politicians think the US will supply it with parts as it invades?
Buy some Gripen and/or Eurofighters and join GCAP.
Would love to see some buy in on Saabs next gen project
Why does Lemmy have such a love for Saab fighter jets? Gripen is a lovely looking jet, but the Typhoon is a lot more capable.
But does the Eurofighter come in a flat pack with an allen key and a booklet that vaguely indicates how to assemble it?
I’m not privy to high level procurement stuff like this, but unless every part is manufacturable in country all drawings/plans/source code/test data etc available and modifiable is there a significant advantage?
Sorry but my source for procurement doesn’t have that level of detail for the Gripen. It may be classified.
Yes! GCAP. Still need a stopgap. Maybe stick with F-35, but reduce our commitment. Personally I like Gripen, but I’d differ to experts.
There is also FCAS, but it seems less urgent, not scheduled to begin delivering until 2040, although maybe France and Germany will get the lead out due to recent changes.
That’s an article from 2016.
Oh damn, I didn’t notice. Thanks!
Notwithstanding clause. Don’t pay a fucking dime.
Besides war declared by US, that makes US permissions on every flight a deal breaker, the plane is a POS, and we should be refunded for returning every existing plane we may already have. Cancelling deal for cause, with zero penalty, despite any contract is the right move.
@avidamoeba cheap. Talk with Europe.
Yeah Europe should also cancel, the Saabs are excellent while the F35 always has had… issues, and we also got the inferior version too.
@nightwatch_admin you must make it at home, at scale, without reliance on enemies or potential enemies. It’s a reasonably simple matrix to optimise. Eurofighter and Saab, new Euro. Make Australia and Canada and New Zealand and UK demonstrate their commitment to a rules base world.
Avro, 2.0!
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IKR
it’s a geostrategic steal compared to staying entrenched! I hope #auspol is listening.@adamsteer @avidamoeba time to put a proper moat around “EURO interoperability” interoperability with USA is a trap
@adamsteer @avidamoeba USA are gone from NATO, stand up, dig in. Is it the easy road? NO! Do you want a future where you steal a toilet for your home town? That’s where you’re headed, Russia
Ford blew twice that to put beer in gas stations. Clearly we have the money to blow 🤡
I’d be hoping that Trump’s time in power would be far outlived by the F-35 program and would be only a footnote in the history of friendship between Canada and the US. But nobody who knows what the future has in reserve.
Significantly. The F-35 programme is a 50-year one. Trump won’t even be alive in half that.
Trump won’t outlive the F35, but the distrust of the US will.
The US cut off military supplies to a country (Ukraine) during an active conflict. Trump did this as leverage in a negotiation. That’s a line that can’t be crossed, and he crossed it. There were no articles of impeachment, and most Americans didn’t pay it any mind. So this is how Americans do business now.
So we should expect the US to use military supplies as leverage in negotiations going forward. Using US equipment means CAF’s readiness is in constant peril for the foreseeable future. Currently it’s at the whims of a deranged old man. But it will always be a bargaining chip for future US Presidents.
The only way to ensure CAF readiness is to end the use of all US equipment. It’s not solely about Trump, it’s about what the US has become.
This is not ending in four years. The US has destroyed decades of trust you think it’s just going to come back after Trump.
