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US warns they will send fighter jets into Canadian airspace if F-35 deal doesn’t go through | The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] 47 points 6 months ago (1 child)

This is more reason to get out of the deal and get more grafins.

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  • [–] 26 points 6 months ago*

    ~70% of the lifetime revenue of the F-35 program would be the support costs on top of the purchase price. Even if Canada paid for every plane it ordered and grounded them the USA would be out 40Billion in revenue.

    Meanwhile the planes cost 80-100 Million each to build. So if we refused to buy the remaining ~70 they'd be out 5.6Billion in production costs.

    This new threat is a pathetically naked admission that the USA is hurting for revenue.

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