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Canada is not the US's hat. The US is Canada's pants.

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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 month ago (11 children)

The real question is why Canada needs jet fighters in the first place, who the fuck is Canada planning to fight exactly.

[–] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

what? Every country has a military of some kind. and it's not like they are going to have a shitload of F-35's.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 month ago (6 children)

That doesn't really answer my question. Like is Canada planning to fight Russia or maybe China? What else could we possibly need F-35s for? Also, plenty of countries have a national guard or self defense force. The only thing Canadian military is used for is enforcing imperialism around the world.

[–] Eldritch@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

F-35As are B61-12 tactical nuke capable. I believe the most recent frenzy around them is to make it so every nato nation has this new generation of nuclear weapons. It signals a shift in nuclear policy. It could technically be used in a first strike that disables the enemy's nuclear capacity as they are also stealth planes that dodges enemy radars.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 month ago

The whole idea of a decapitating first strike is a complete fantasy. Russia has a dead man's switch, they have subs circling the US coast. They have hypersonic missiles that cannot be intercepted. I really hope these idiots don't genuinely believe they could survive a nuclear war.

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