Things You’ll Never See On The CBC

23 Replies to “Things You’ll Never See On The CBC”

1. All we’ll get from CBC about this is a Saab story.

2. L – Meanwhile, the Canadian Snowbirds are awaiting delivery of “advanced turboprop” aircraft to demonstrate how advanced and capable are the Liberal Party’s Cdn. “Armed” Forces…
   If your governing elite does not believe in the concept of a nation-state; but you do. Then your only option forward is Independence. Survive, thrive in freedom under moral law, as our ancestors did. Logos brings order out of chaos, it’s the only thing that ever has.

   1. Bombardier to the rescue.
      The Elbows Up crowd might happily conclude that what Canada really needs is a cadre of snow machines that operate in highly complex demonstrations of the skills of the military.

      1. Yup. The Tranny Trax Team.

3. Meh … Carney is buying mid-table jet fighters, from their his mid-table EU partners.
   Canada is considering purchasing up to 72 Swedish Gripen fighter jets as part of a mixed fleet alongside American F-35s. This decision follows a review of its defense procurement strategy under the Carney administration.
   And upon delivery, Carney will gift his ChiCom partners one of each of Canada’s new jets for reverse engineering. SMH

   1. We’re waiting for some Australian hand-me-downs.

4. I like South Carolina as much as the next guy, but…

5. As to the flap behind the cockpit…
   https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=425&q=why+was+the+cockpit+open+on+the+F-35+demonstrated+at+the+White+House+yesterday&cvid=6e70e799f6ac4846acf8d72b087f8de4&gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQ6wcYQNIBCTI1ODc3ajBqN6gCCLACAQ&FORM=ANSPA1&adppc=EDGEXST&PC=LCTS

   1. We’ve advanced a LONG way from the crash-prone English Harrier Jet

      1. All the way to the death trap Osprey.

         1. Fair enough

      2. Remember the widow maker CF 104 Starfighter

6. Buying Gripens is yet another idiotic political decision by Carney that will come back to bite him in the ass. Just what Canada needs: 4th generation fighters in a 5th generation world. Sure, let’s have two completely different aircraft doing the same things but with totally different operational, maintenance and parts requirements…that should work out well, right?

   1. seems to me Liberals are counting on the abject permanent ‘igernance’ of country hick Canaduhians on these matters to slip thru wrongheaded choices on a host of issues.
      after all, voting blindly for TURDeau 2.0 pretty much was an exercise in
      ‘showing their cards’ wasnt it?
      and remember the new nickname for p.m. blackface is Justink

7. The F35 is the best available to us, however it is a bit of a Hangar Queen with at best 50% availability and requiring specialized ground support – meaning it can only deploy from expensive and limited bases. The Grippen has a different design philosophy where ruggedness, deployability and availability are emphasized. Which would you send to a primitive airfield in the Arctic? I can remember an airforce capable of supporting a variety of aircraft. We have a large country with many requirements, a one fits all approach may not be our best strategy.
   Now which sub will Carney pick? Am leaning toward the S Korean for its vertical launch missles but don’t know enough to make an educated judgement. Opinions?

   1. FM,
      Brilliant.
      Sending a $110 million dollar F35 to do the job of an A10 is ridiculous.

      1. I love the A10 … but that’s kind of like saying there’s no place for stealth fighters and bombers in our electronic war era. I’m fairly sure we (the USA) and Israel have already proven the value of super high tech military platforms.

   2. https://militarymachine.com/a-10-warthog-cost

8. “hands free hover mode”. Wish I had that for my wife’s car.

   1. Wish I had a switch that could put all the drivers around me into that mode.

9. Shrug. Our politicians have essentially re-written the criteria for Frontline military aircraft. The first qualification is that there will be just a bare minimum of cheap planes to (a) claim we are working to meet NATO commitments and, (b) keep the Yanks from taking over our defence commitments.

   It is inconceivable that this country – which has opened its doors to terrorists, criminals, and chicomms – would ever engage in armed defence of its borders. You can bet your backside that the number one task of our military is training and preparedness for the suppression of peaceful protest by folks like you and me.

   1. How dare you!
      You can’t protest the Forever Government “peacefully”!
      That’s misinformation and that’s now a crime!

10. Contract our defense to the USA. Pencil in some national priorities, personnel, and manufacturing/maintenance privileges and we jump from obsolete irrelevance to cutting-edge technologies and real clout. Who are we defending against, anyway? Maybe China would like to be in the bidding to sell us defense. 😉