Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked for a review of Canada’s plan to purchase a fleet of F-35 fighter jets.
The deal with Lockheed Martin and the U.S. government is for 88 planes at a cost of about US$85 million each.
A spokesperson for Defence Minister Bill Blair said Carney has asked Blair to look into whether the F-35 contract is the best investment for Canada, or if there are better options.
“We need to do our homework given the changing environment, and make sure that the contract in its current form is in the best interests of Canadians and the Canadian Armed Forces,” Blair’s press secretary Laurent de Casanove said.
Yeah, those are definitely safe from tampering.
The purpose of buying jets from someone other than America is to reduce America’s influence over Canada, why would China sabotage that?
Edit: Why is this controversial? Do you think America tampers with the weapons we send to Taiwan?
The US can remotely disable an F-35… China, I’d expect can do the same for a J-35.
I don’t think the above poster doubts their ability, only that they might be less incentivized to do so compared to, say a country that has repeatedly voiced their wish to annex Canada.
Nobody expects China to remotely disable J-35’s on a whim… But they might do it as they prepare to invade Taiwan.