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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Wouldn't it make more sense for Canada to invest in a low-cost drone program for patroling its coasts and arctic region?
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Sure from a sheer intelligence and trip wire concept, absolutely. They should have been thinking about this years ago. Canada is still going to need a proper airforce in terms of interception, intervention and providing air power to NATO and in theory UN missions.
We almost need to look at a layered air strategy. drones in combination with manned fighters. The nice thing about the F-35 is that one of the upgrade paths is it will be able to command a fleet of drones of its own to extend its visualization of the battlefield.