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$163m a pop is, actually, pretty chill. The U.S. habitually spends more money upgrading decades old jets.
by rektide 4y ago
$163m a pop is, actually, pretty chill. The U.S. habitually spends more money upgrading decades old jets.
- allanmacgregor 4y agoCanada is not the US, we are roughly a tenth of the size and our GDP is roughly about the same. Not to mention Canada has a lot of issues right now where that money should go to.
- JohnBooty 4y agoA key difference between US and Canadian spending is that when the US spends $163 million on an American jet, the money stays within the US economy. It's essentially a roundabout economic stimulus program. That said, big economic deals like this between the US and Canada don't happen in a vacuum either. Our two countries have a large, complex, and mutually beneficial economic relationship. And assuming Canada wants to maintain self-defense capability, it needs to buy the jets from somewhere. The F-35 is competitive with or superior to the competition from elsewhere in terms of price and performance.