
Aristides
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Aristides replied to WestCanMan's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
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Aristides replied to WestCanMan's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
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Aristides replied to WestCanMan's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
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Aristides replied to WestCanMan's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
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Aristides replied to WestCanMan's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
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Aristides replied to WestCanMan's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
The blonde airhead actuality thinks the seller pays the tariff and then gets all sweaty when the reporter tells her she is full of shit. -
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Aristides replied to WestCanMan's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
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Aristides replied to WestCanMan's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
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Aristides replied to WestCanMan's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
Patriot Poling https://www.reuters.com/world/poll-shows-85-greenlanders-do-not-want-be-part-us-2025-01-29/ Varian -
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Aristides replied to WestCanMan's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
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Do we need to review our entire defence policy including equipment in view of the new world political situation? I hope this is the conversation that is going on. Is the F-35 still our best choice for a new NATO that can't count on the US? The possibility the US might decide its interests are different or even antagonistic to the rest of NATO? Like now? The price of all these aircraft is negotiable. Member countries of the Typhoon project pay around half the export price. It will be interesting to know what Turkey is paying for them. Hungary and Czech Republic lease their Gripens.
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Seems we are revisiting the F-35 purchase. Looks like Portugal is not going to buy it citing US unpredictability. They will be going with a European aircraft. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/f35-blair-trump-1.7484477 https://theaviationist.com/2025/03/13/portugal-f-35-plans/ Typhoon might be the best option but it also has the highest flyaway cost, although operating costs might be lower. We could buy 4 Gripen for the price of 3 F-35's and operating costs would be quite a bit lower. There must be some interesting conversations going on between the airforce and politicians. I believe we have already paid for the first 16 F-35's plus spares and tooling for most of the fleet so I imagine we will wind up with at least some of them.