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Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Canada May Back Out Of F-35 Fighters

Canadian defense officials are deciding whether to cancel a commitment to buy F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. Canada agreed to buy 65 of the new planes from Lockheed at a total price of $9 billion. But Reuters reported Canada's conservative government is under budgetary pressure, and it's concerned about the increasing costs and delays of the new planes. An auditor's report is due out this morning that will help officials make their decision.
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  1. AnonymousApril 4, 2012 at 11:42 AM

    doesn't surprise anyone. Canada is notorious in the fqact they spend nothing on defense. Think they have a total of maybe 30 f/a-18 jet fighters. Hell woulnd't even buy an ice breaker until they realized the russians could drill on thier continental shelf if they didn't open up those sea lanes to claim them. They know if anyone ever attacked them we would come running, so it falls on us budget wise.

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  2. lmclainApril 4, 2012 at 12:15 PM

    11:42...right. Canada? They need the most advanced fighter jet in the world? More bribes need to be paid for that deal to go down. If Russia ever -- EVER --- messed with Canada, for ANY reason, the FIRST thing they would do is what every other country in the world does when TSHTF. Scream loudly for the USA to come fix things. And more U.S. poor and middle class kids would die for some other country and some politician's reelection campaign. Think Kuwait. Iraq. Vietnam. Afghanistan. Somalia. Korea. Keep Iran on your list, too. The show must go on.....

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