▲ 117 ▼ US warns they will send fighter jets into Canadian airspace if F-35 deal doesn’t go through | The Independent (www.independent.co.uk) submitted 6 months ago by slothrop@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Penguincoder@beehaw.org 7 points 6 months ago (2 children) Buy our warplanes or we're gonna bomb you. What the actual Shit???!! permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] randy@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago That's not at all what the article is saying. Under the current terms of NORAD, the U.S. and Canada can operate in one another’s airspace to track or intercept threats. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra cautioned that if Canada purchased fewer fighter jets, the U.S. would “fill those gaps” in security concerns. "NORAD would have to be altered," Hoekstra told CBC News. One can read threats into that, but it's quite far from threats of bombing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago There is simply no level of stupid that will surprise me from them anymore. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] randy@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago That's not at all what the article is saying. Under the current terms of NORAD, the U.S. and Canada can operate in one another’s airspace to track or intercept threats. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra cautioned that if Canada purchased fewer fighter jets, the U.S. would “fill those gaps” in security concerns. "NORAD would have to be altered," Hoekstra told CBC News. One can read threats into that, but it's quite far from threats of bombing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago There is simply no level of stupid that will surprise me from them anymore. permalink fedilink source parent