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Justin Trudeau May Soon Drop a Bomb on the F-35
By A Guy Called LULU on Fri, 10/23/2015 - 2:50pm |The day after defeating Stephen Harper, Trudeau informed President Obama that Canada will withdraw its six fighter jets from the coalition bombing the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria. "He understands the commitment I've made around ending the combat mission," Trudeau told reporters, invoking a campaign pledge to shift Canadian involvement from air strikes to training anti-IS forces and delivering humanitarian aid.
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"The F-35 is double-inferior," an analysis by the RAND Corporation (a US think tank with strong military ties) concluded, "[It] can't turn, can't climb, can't run." Pierre Sprey, revered designer of the F-16 fighter jet, was even more blunt. "It's not good at anything — it's a turkey," Sprey told the CBC in 2012. The F-35's "real mission," he explained, was "for the US Congress to send money to Lockheed."
by A Guy Called LULU on Fri, 10/23/2015 - 2:51pm