Posted on 03/10/2025 11:48:36 AM PDT by buwaya
Canada has ordered 88 F-35A fighters for $14.5 billion, and now they are really discussing whether the Pentagon can press a special button and turn all those aircraft into scrap metal if necessary The fear of being left unarmed and defenseless against armed aggression is exactly what the Trumpists have sown among their allies with their latest actions. Canadians, who have repeatedly heard threats from Donald Trump about the "51st U.S. state" and face the tariff war unleashed by Washington, have become anxious about their security.
So, Canadian expert circles have expressed concerns about the ongoing acquisition of American F-35 fifth-generation fighters and to consider whether the government should cancel the deal. A brief reminder: Ottawa ordered 88 F-35As in 2023 for 14.5 billion (hereinafter) US dollars. The Canadian Ministry of Defense also has estimated the F-35's operational costs for a projected 45 years in service at $54 billion.
In an article for The Globe and Mail, Michael Byers, co-director of the Vancouver Outer Space Institute, recalled that the United States holds unilateral control over the source code for F-35's mission programming. In fact, he claimed, the US could simply remotely turn off F-35s' advanced situational awareness capabilities and achieve air superiority, "perhaps with just a few keyboard strokes," Byers notes.
(Excerpt) Read more at en.defence-ua.com ...
If the concern is this for U.S. made F-35 fighters, shouldn’t this be a concern with all weaponry made from anybody?
having to ground the planes due to lack of support/spare parts
is also very likely
This is great.
We get Canada and GB and Russia can have Europe.đ
World Peace.
Works for me.
Shall we let them know their planes can be operated by remote control to conduct a mass bombing of Ottawa?
Lol.
Thats 165 million per. Sounds like we aren’t making much on that deal.
Nice people inhabit Canada, a beautiful country, even is some of them are bonkers liberal.
Seeing this term leads me to discount the article as leftist propaganda.
Amazing how you are always on someone else’s side....đ¤
So if the US and Canada are attacked, our military is going to shut off the Canadian F-35s so they cannot help defend North America? Not getting this .
“shouldnât this be a concern with all weaponry made from anybody?”
That’s exactly my first thought, too.
Go ahead and cancel the deal, and rely on your own defense. It’s all aboot self-reliance, isn’t it? Canada has disarmed its citizens and it’s illegal to fart in public. You don’t trust your own citizens enough to fight for you anyway.
âTrumpistsâ, lol. Quit reading as soon as I saw that word, I knew that it was not a serious article.
They’re having fun taking on the Big Mean Old USA - - it’s good for them. Canadians are our friends - let them enjoy the moment.
And no, we’re NOT going to ‘push any buttons’ - well, not unless they’re attacking us...
Yes.
But unsubstantiated stories like this about America made weapons systems go back to the Cold War.
Newton’s Third Law applies to foreign and trade policies. It’s “delusional” to think otherwise.
The F-35 will be disabled because, if the US ever does invade Canada, no Canadian pilot would get in one to fly up to meet the US invasion force.
Trump supporters take him seriously but not literally.
Trump detractors take him literally but not seriously.
Canadians should watch the whole tape. Trudeau brought up the demise of Canada re tariffs. That’s when Trump facetious said that then Canada could become a 51rst state.
Of course leftists misrepresented the exchange.
Leftists lie.
I should trademark that.
This is too funny. These people donât know the feature/functionality of what they bought. They are clueless and incompetent.
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