▲ 33 ▼ Ottawa's mixed fleet of F-35s and Gripens could total more than 100 aircraft, sources say (www.cbc.ca) submitted 2 months ago by ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to c/canada@lemmy.ca 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments Negotiations are underway for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) to acquire a larger mixed fleet of American-made Lockheed Martin F-35s and Saab Gripen-E fighters built in Canada, the sources said.
[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (2 children) We should have 0 f35s permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago (1 child) Unfortunately, we have already paid for 16 of them. But we should stop there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Individual_Orchid@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) Unfortunately they won't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child) It will certainly be a reduced fleet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AGM@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago How reduced is what matters. The full fleet order was 88, and the article reports various sources as saying we will still be ordering between 72 to 88. So, if the reporting is accurate, it's not anything like the extent of reduced fleet order many Canadians were expecting. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago Yeah phase that shit out. Sell them to Iran or something. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago (1 child) Unfortunately, we have already paid for 16 of them. But we should stop there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Individual_Orchid@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) Unfortunately they won't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child) It will certainly be a reduced fleet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AGM@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago How reduced is what matters. The full fleet order was 88, and the article reports various sources as saying we will still be ordering between 72 to 88. So, if the reporting is accurate, it's not anything like the extent of reduced fleet order many Canadians were expecting. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Individual_Orchid@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) Unfortunately they won't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child) It will certainly be a reduced fleet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AGM@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago How reduced is what matters. The full fleet order was 88, and the article reports various sources as saying we will still be ordering between 72 to 88. So, if the reporting is accurate, it's not anything like the extent of reduced fleet order many Canadians were expecting. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child) It will certainly be a reduced fleet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AGM@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago How reduced is what matters. The full fleet order was 88, and the article reports various sources as saying we will still be ordering between 72 to 88. So, if the reporting is accurate, it's not anything like the extent of reduced fleet order many Canadians were expecting. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AGM@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago How reduced is what matters. The full fleet order was 88, and the article reports various sources as saying we will still be ordering between 72 to 88. So, if the reporting is accurate, it's not anything like the extent of reduced fleet order many Canadians were expecting. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago Yeah phase that shit out. Sell them to Iran or something. permalink fedilink source parent