>>4645951Only real 5th gen multi-role that Canada can get our mitts on. Would infinitely prefer the Raptor but its not like the US is going to sell us any, (or rebuild the production infrastructure). In the end, I only give a shit about having a sovereign operating military that has the capability to seamlessly connect and interact with allied ones.
>tfw when $18.6 billion CAD ($14.4bil USD) is the entire national defence budget.>tfw we are only funding ~47% of what we are mandated to spend on defense by NATO>tfw we are still ass-backwards in data management and the Government is mystified why our shit is falling apart, (couldnt possibly be the halved budget for ~3 decades)Shits fucked pirate-bro