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US warns they will send fighter jets into Canadian airspace if F-35 deal doesn’t go through
The United States could alter its decades-old North American Aerospace Defense Command deal with Canada should its government backtrack on its purchase of 88 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets, the U.S. ambassador to Canada warned.
Ambassador Pete Hoekstra cautioned that if Canada purchased fewer fighter jets, the U.S. would “fill those gaps” in security concerns.
"If they decide they’re going with an inferior product that is not as interchangeable, interoperable as what the F-35 is, that changes our defense capability,” Hoekstra said.
"NORAD would have to be altered," Hoekstra told CBC News.“
And as such, we have to figure out how we're going to replace that,” the ambassador added.
www.independent.co.uk
The United States could alter its decades-old North American Aerospace Defense Command deal with Canada should its government backtrack on its purchase of 88 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets, the U.S. ambassador to Canada warned.
Ambassador Pete Hoekstra cautioned that if Canada purchased fewer fighter jets, the U.S. would “fill those gaps” in security concerns.
"If they decide they’re going with an inferior product that is not as interchangeable, interoperable as what the F-35 is, that changes our defense capability,” Hoekstra said.
"NORAD would have to be altered," Hoekstra told CBC News.“
And as such, we have to figure out how we're going to replace that,” the ambassador added.
US warns it will send fighter jets into Canadian airspace if F-35 deal fails
Cost of F-35 advanced fighter jet program has risen by $8 billion in the last three years
www.independent.co.uk
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