300 million a pop, US dollars, for a plane in a country of 40 million folks to pay for it...makes no sense.

Which is part of why Trudeau won....all hail democracy and voting!

who served in WWII. Oh wait, did he run and serve the Nazis?

that would NOT do what is needed in the north is a smart move, we do not need a stealth/first strike aircraft to defend the north. The plan is to purchase aircraft that will actually do the job needed, it could well be the F/A-18 Super Hornet.

what about Gripen, Rafale, Typhoon?

We want the best aircraft that will serve our needs at a reasonable cost, full stop.

I want one. Commuting might be a pleasure.

Is to use funds allocated for the F-35 for their Navy

and come up with something to take out a Sizzler.


Navy Lacks Plan to Defend Against `Sizzler' Missile (Update1)

``This is a very low-flying, fast missile,'' said retired Rear Admiral Eric McVadon, a former U.S. naval attache in Beijing. ``It won't be visible until it's quite close. By the time you detect it to the time it hits you is very short. You'd want to know your capabilities to handle this sort of missile.''

The Navy's ship-borne Aegis system, deployed on cruisers and destroyers starting in the early 1980s, is designed to protect aircraft-carrier battle groups from missile attacks. But current and former officials say the Navy has no assurance Aegis, built by Lockheed Martin Corp., is capable of detecting, tracking and intercepting the Sizzler.

``This was an issue when I walked in the door in 2001,'' Thomas Christie, the Defense Department's top weapons-testing official from mid-2001 to early 2005, said in an interview.

`A Major Issue'

``The Navy recognized this was a major issue, and over the years, I had continued promises they were going to fully fund development and production'' of missiles that could replicate the Sizzler to help develop a defense against it, Christie said. ``They haven't.''

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