[CaptainCrunch]

We will never build fighters, we don't have the production facilities, and we don't have the market to make it worthwhile to ramp up that kind of industry.

The Boeings and Lockheed Martins get orders for hundreds or planes to thousands of planes, we would be too late in the game to compete with those monsters.

I'm still convinced that we need to get as advanced of a fighter jet as possible and our next purchase has to be 5th generation. We have a relatively small airforce that's going to shrink further, and the next planes which are due in the next 5 to 8 years have to last 30 years and be able to be properly upgraded throughout that life span.

We've invested in the f-35 program, there are definite economic benefits to the f-35.

There are reasons why there are 5th generation fighters in production, the Chinese, Japanese, Indian, American, Russians and the South Koreans are all moving into the 5th generation fighters, because it gives a huge kill advantage over anything in the sky.

We are looking at an airforce of 65 fighters, with 60 being actively deployed, and 5 being used for training and test bedding.

Even among 5th generation fighters, right now in terms of costs your going to pay in the same area, but there's only one being manufactured by a reliable ally, and only one that will let us take care of maintenance and part manufacture in Calgary.

Are there some issues with the F-35? There is a communication issue in the arctic, but they're already looking at a pod add on for sat communication for that.

But I think that there is a confusion in reporting about trouble with the f-35 because of the variants. But that's not to say that there aren't problems with the handling and avionics that need to be fixed before delivery.