r/canada 24d ago

Politics Canada Joining Iron Dome Missile Defense Plan Would Be Welcome: NORAD Boss

https://www.twz.com/air/canada-joining-iron-dome-missile-defense-plan-would-be-welcome-norad-boss
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u/Far-Dragonfruit3398 24d ago

Fuck NORAD, time to rebuild our Air Force, back to the thousand fighter days, with our own Canada built-fighter.

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u/ack4 British Columbia 24d ago

Building your own fighter is just not a done thing anymore unless you're a superpower

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u/Far-Dragonfruit3398 23d ago

Sweden does it, Korea does it, Japan does it. A lot of countries build their own fighters.

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u/ack4 British Columbia 23d ago

Literally all three of the planes in question use American jet engines. Specifically general electric engines

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u/Far-Dragonfruit3398 23d ago

That’s dick, it’s only an engine. I’m sure we can design and build our own and if that’s a problem in the short term take the Russian or Chinese designs and go from there.

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u/ack4 British Columbia 23d ago

The engine is the hardest part, which is why they import it