Canada's new fighter jetsWhy not buy european jet fighters and forget completely the idea of buying american ones.
If we buy Lockheed Martin's F35 instead of the super hornets, the profit will still go to an american company, and the deal maker in chief will tweet , that again a great deal was made for the american workers ( even if they let us build a few parts of the plane in Canada ).
The new jets are needed to fulfill the requirements of NATO, not to win world war three by ourselves with 88 new planes.
So do we need the most sophisticated brand new fighter jet money can buy ( F35 maybe be not fully tested yet ), or just one with a proven track record,that will do the job for a long time.