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Up here in Canada it's a question of trust, or rather the lack of it. Things are unlikely to ever go back to the way things were. Buy, make and domestically de

Up here in Canada it's a question of trust, or rather the lack of it. Things are unlikely to ever go back to the way things were. Buy, make and domestically develop drones, lots and lots of drones.

samdoesnothing 1y ago
Maybe if there was some political will for building stuff but there isn't. Canada should be an absolute AI and energy powerhouse, but our politicians are some of the most incompetent buffoons on the planet.
- anigbrowl 1y ago
  I don't know enough about Canada to know if this is a reasonable take or not, but I think you'd get downvoted less if you took a few sentences to articulate what the politicians' main failings are.
  - samdoesnothing 1y ago
    That would take more than a few sentences, but in general there is a lack of willingness to build new infrastructure. Canada has endless opportunities to both export energy (and not just oil!) and use it domestically - we should be utilising this untapped potential to build datacenters and invest in AI companies and research. Instead we can't even build new houses or hospitals for our exploding population.
- biglyburrito 1y ago
  Also, there's Alberta.
  - samdoesnothing 1y ago
    I wish Alberta would diversify their industry but at least they have the right idea re. building and expanding our energy exports.
buildsjets 1y ago
Canada should build their own air superiority fighter, with hookers and blackjack. They can call it the Avro Arrow.
- Marsymars 1y ago
  With how generous Saab's JAS 39 bid is, I doubt there's much part for our own design: https://www.saab.com/markets/canada/gripen-for-canada/built-for-canada-by-canada https://www.saab.com/markets/canada/gripen-for-canada/built-...
- buildsjets 1y ago
  Well what do you know. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-accused-of-axing-avro-arrow-revival-too-soon-1.1233462 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-accused-of-axing-avr...
microtonal 1y ago
Indeed. So the question becomes whether these countries truly want to move off of the platform, or if this is all more of a bargaining chip in the trade negotiations. JD Vance pretty much single-handedly destroyed most trust in the US in with his speech at the Munich Security Conference. Europe (and probably Canada and Australia) were shaken for days after it and realized that the US is not a reliable ally (or even not an ally) anymore. This was confirmed by the disastrous meeting with Zelensky in the White House and the US stopping to provide intelligence to Ukraine and F-16 updates (F-16s which were provided by European countries, not the US). The pathetic little show you saw at the White House last week (with Macron, Mertz, etc.) is just a strategy to appease the US as long as needed so that the Europe can speed up its own weapon's production, increase independence, etc. It's damage control. The reason countries have stopped buying the F-35 is because nobody trusts the US anymore. And one or two sane presidents are not going to fix it (the US elected Trump a second time after all).
- kjkjadksj 1y ago
  It is interesting how it is basically an indictment on the ability of the american people to manage their hard and soft power and military capability. That being said, populist right wing movements are taking root in europe as well. This threatens long term strategic planning in general, not just with the US, when critical positions of world power are replaced every few years by a subset of the population increasingly liable to propaganda influence granted by technology. In some ways regimes like North Korea are the most stable on earth due to careful control of the reigns of power and lack of any possibility of inroads for third party influence.
- abletonlive 1y ago
  It's crazy that you're acting like this is some kind of policy failure for the US, when this administration has been telling Europe it shouldn't rely on the United States at this level. This isn't some "gotcha" that you're describing, it's exactly what the administration wanted europe to do. Wake up and start innovating instead of being the Disneyland for American tourists.
  - 1y ago

Up here in Canada it's a question of trust, or rather the lack of it. Things are unlikely to ever go back to the way things were. Buy, make and domestically develop drones, lots and lots of drones.

samdoesnothing 1y ago

Maybe if there was some political will for building stuff but there isn't. Canada should be an absolute AI and energy powerhouse, but our politicians are some of the most incompetent buffoons on the planet.

anigbrowl 1y ago
I don't know enough about Canada to know if this is a reasonable take or not, but I think you'd get downvoted less if you took a few sentences to articulate what the politicians' main failings are.
- samdoesnothing 1y ago
  That would take more than a few sentences, but in general there is a lack of willingness to build new infrastructure. Canada has endless opportunities to both export energy (and not just oil!) and use it domestically - we should be utilising this untapped potential to build datacenters and invest in AI companies and research. Instead we can't even build new houses or hospitals for our exploding population.
biglyburrito 1y ago
Also, there's Alberta.
- samdoesnothing 1y ago
  I wish Alberta would diversify their industry but at least they have the right idea re. building and expanding our energy exports.

buildsjets 1y ago

Canada should build their own air superiority fighter, with hookers and blackjack. They can call it the Avro Arrow.

Marsymars 1y ago
With how generous Saab's JAS 39 bid is, I doubt there's much part for our own design: https://www.saab.com/markets/canada/gripen-for-canada/built-for-canada-by-canada https://www.saab.com/markets/canada/gripen-for-canada/built-...
buildsjets 1y ago
Well what do you know. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-accused-of-axing-avro-arrow-revival-too-soon-1.1233462 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-accused-of-axing-avr...

microtonal 1y ago

Indeed. So the question becomes whether these countries truly want to move off of the platform, or if this is all more of a bargaining chip in the trade negotiations. JD Vance pretty much single-handedly destroyed most trust in the US in with his speech at the Munich Security Conference. Europe (and probably Canada and Australia) were shaken for days after it and realized that the US is not a reliable ally (or even not an ally) anymore. This was confirmed by the disastrous meeting with Zelensky in the White House and the US stopping to provide intelligence to Ukraine and F-16 updates (F-16s which were provided by European countries, not the US). The pathetic little show you saw at the White House last week (with Macron, Mertz, etc.) is just a strategy to appease the US as long as needed so that the Europe can speed up its own weapon's production, increase independence, etc. It's damage control. The reason countries have stopped buying the F-35 is because nobody trusts the US anymore. And one or two sane presidents are not going to fix it (the US elected Trump a second time after all).

kjkjadksj 1y ago
It is interesting how it is basically an indictment on the ability of the american people to manage their hard and soft power and military capability. That being said, populist right wing movements are taking root in europe as well. This threatens long term strategic planning in general, not just with the US, when critical positions of world power are replaced every few years by a subset of the population increasingly liable to propaganda influence granted by technology. In some ways regimes like North Korea are the most stable on earth due to careful control of the reigns of power and lack of any possibility of inroads for third party influence.
abletonlive 1y ago
It's crazy that you're acting like this is some kind of policy failure for the US, when this administration has been telling Europe it shouldn't rely on the United States at this level. This isn't some "gotcha" that you're describing, it's exactly what the administration wanted europe to do. Wake up and start innovating instead of being the Disneyland for American tourists.
- 1y ago