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Originally Posted by Byrns
Anyone else would have to deal with big brother to our south.
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And this is exactly the attitude which has Canada with such a limited armed forces. We ned to be able to stand on our own two feet. You want an Airforce, you have to buy planes. I've been working on them for over 20 years and it's pretty pathetic what Canada has compared to most of the G nations. People need to quit whining when we spend a few bucks on equipment which we are going to suck every usable ounce af capability out of. We have gotten 5x our money's worth out of the 18's, herc's, buff's, and 20x out of the sea-kings.
It's hard to comprehend ~9 billion dollars being any sort of deal, but it's not like buyng a Ford at the local dealer. These contracts includes tooling, spare parts, support equipment, training, simulators, and is going to have a maintenance component built in.