I know this US ambassador is an a-hole, and he tends to shoot his mouth like Trump. However. After reading the article, it isn’t as bad as the headline implies. Sending their jets isn’t as a threat, but what the ambassador is saying is that more F-35s are needed to fill in whatever security roles it plays in their defensive strategy if Canada buys something else. In the event of some other jets we’re using, they would have to alter NORAD in order to allow more US F-35 jets to patrol the skies over Canada.
I know this US ambassador is an a-hole, and he tends to shoot his mouth like Trump. However. After reading the article, it isn’t as bad as the headline implies. Sending their jets isn’t as a threat, but what the ambassador is saying is that more F-35s are needed to fill in whatever security roles it plays in their defensive strategy if Canada buys something else. In the event of some other jets we’re using, they would have to alter NORAD in order to allow more US F-35 jets to patrol the skies over Canada.
Why would the Jets have to be f35s?
The agreement existed before f35s existed, so it can’t be due to something unique to the f35 itself.
Not sure. These are the only type of its kind. It has capabilities other jets don’t have and they work together with other F35s and defense systems.
NORAD worked with jets of other kinds, without the interplane networking, before the f35 existed.
To say that they depend on some feature or ability of the f35 is disingenuous.
Yeah, this is already something they can (and do) do under the terms of NORAD.
Had to scroll pretty far down to find someone that actually read it…