Canada’s F-35 Fighter Debate Only Hurts Canada

Canada’s F-35 Fighter Debate Only Hurts Canada

Key Points and Summary – U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra has blasted Ottawa’s decision to reopen its fighter competition, saying Canada is free to choose—but that serial delays over the F-35 are “irritating.” Canada has already committed to 16 F-35s, yet the Carney government is again weighing alternatives, including Saab’s Gripen E. A leaked 2021 assessment, however, showed the F-35 decisively outscoring Gripen in every category, from mission per…