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Everybody has freedom of expression in Canada. No matter how much I scratch my head at their expressing.
The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)
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Vancouver woman starts petition to have social justice assessment of F-35 purchase
'The procurement of these fighter jets is antithetical to feminist foreign policy and diverts public funds away from necessary social programs like healthcare, education and housing,' said BC resident Sarahwww.westernstandard.news
Supervisor of CAF Staff Officer who (allegedly) did GBA+ analysis on the file be like....
Deal for 88 F-35s inked. The interesting part, found at the bottom of the following article, is we will apparently be getting the Block 4 versions,
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Hmmm, Go Fund Me page to raise airfare for her to fly to Iran and protest there?Supervisor of CAF Staff Officer who (allegedly) did GBA+ analysis on the file be like....
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88 is no where near enough - simply apply the 'normal' number of attrition to fighter aircraft over a 30yr period and see how many will be servaible 15yrs out, 20yrs out, etc etc.
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Quirky
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To think the original purchase was 65...
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Makes the Liberals look like warmongers, lol.....
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144 was the original Hornet number was it not?
and that was way too low...
Admittedly 88 F-35 and then 100 F-15EX would be fairly decent.
If you can find the pilots
Quirky
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...and techs. We don't have nearly enough for our F-18s alone.
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If so they have been insulting principled liberalism for a long time - at least since the days of Gladstone and MacDonald.
Some of the leading lights were to be found in the Women's Christian Temperance Movement, The United Church of Canada, The Women's Institute and the Suffrage Movement. They have their mainstream supporters.
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138 CF18's - 40 of which where 2 seater trainers, leaving 98 for the primary role of fighter/interceptor.
They've had roughly a 15% attrition rate in terms of crashes over the years. Apply that to 15-20yrs in the future and we'll not have enough left for NORAD or NATO requirements.
During GW1 we deployed 26 CF18's, Kosovo conflict we deployed 18, Libya it was 7 , 6 to Iraq for dealing with ISIS and now to Romania we deploy 6 - notice a trend here?
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You know they did the math on this right?
Somewhere on this very thread is the breakdown of the numbers needed. Enough to constantly do training, the NORAD mission and multiple six pack deployments overseas.
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Is the F35 going to be the right solution 30 years out from now? If it is will it still be in production (probably based on current policy and the F16 history).
I'm more interested now in the purchase of munitions of all types, including air launched missiles but also surface launched systems (Ground and Sea).
Considering where we are 88 isn't bad.
We also need
Tankers and Strategic Transports - CC150 replacements
LRPA - CP140 replacements
Cargo Aircraft - CC130, A400M, CC177s, 777X
Uninhabited Aircraft
Satellites
SAR aircraft (CH-149/CC-138/CC-115/CC-295/CC-130H replacements)
Rotary Wing aircraft
And, of course, munitions.
88 doesn't sound bad from here.
Especially when other nations are operating their F35s in small patrols, from small squadrons and not launching them in swarms.
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Well they probably forgot to account for attrition, repairs, etc. Just like how other units forgot to account for leave, injuries, courses, and deployments when they did the math on staffing level minimums at certain units...
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With the F35 program ongoing, there is the ability, in the future, to buy replacement aircraft from the production line to replace attrition.
She wrote a petition to start an 'analysis on the social justice impact of buying fighter jets...'Vancouver woman starts petition to have social justice assessment of F-35 purchase
'The procurement of these fighter jets is antithetical to feminist foreign policy and diverts public funds away from necessary social programs like healthcare, education and housing,' said BC resident Sarah
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