Ottawa has started to make payments for key components for 14 additional U.S.-built F-35s, even as the Carney government has been reviewing future fighter-jet purchases in the context of trade tensions with Washington, sources have told CBC News.
The money for these 14 aircraft is in addition to the contract for a first order of 16 F-35s, which will start being delivered to the Canadian Armed Forces at the end of the year.
According to sources, the new expenses are related to the purchase of so-called “long-lead items,” which are parts that must be ordered well in advance of the delivery of a fully assembled aircraft.
Canada had to make these expenditures to maintain its place in the long-term delivery schedule and avoid being replaced by other buyers in the queue, sources said.
As a conspiracy theory, it makes perfect sense. I’m not sure you thought about this statement.
Also the idea that there is no possible way to sabotage these planes via technology is comical. Absolutely comical. You speak so confidently but I really don’t think you have a clue as to the possibilities presented to those who control microchips and firmware.
You harp on how we “know the hardware inside and out” but this isn’t true. If it was, you’d be making your own jets.
Now this is a classic example of making a completely different claim than the person you’re responding to, then countering that, and acting as if this means you’ve countered any of their claims. Peak bad faith argument. Well done.
I like how someone else entirely calls out how mistaken you are. Didn’t even need to do it myself.
Well done.
If you sub out the part you object to with an exact quote of your post
their comment still makes sense, particularly because they specify firmware and silicon.