SmartyPresent

#Canada #USA #X (formerly #Twitter) #folloback SmartyrNow has been renamed SmartyPresent. What hasn't changed are the significant efforts I put in to make my postings entertaining and informative, both text and visuals. So, if you follow me ... ⬇️

#cdnpoli #Aeroplane Apparently, Bombardier was never really a contender to assemble #Canada's prospective Gripen E fighter jets, but it's not crying in its beer. It's still building the platform for the GlobalEye reconnaissance aircraft. Plus this: youtu.be/VciuckuecuU?si=oTS9… – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli #NeverVoteConservative When a group appeals to the lowest common denominator of economic understanding, as Conservatives do, it becomes part of the lowest common denominator. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney Lockheed Martin claims F-35s are arctic ready. Incidents in Alaska involving frozen hydraulics and landing gear that wouldn't fully deploy show otherwise. Not even a conference call to Lockheed helped the first F-35. The pilot ejected and the plane crashed. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney #Canada's new fighter jet procurement announcement hasn't yet been made, but arrangements are underway. Provinces are offering incentives to get the Gripen assembly plant, companies like CAE simulator builder are gearing up & colleges are preparing courses. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney It'll take 2 to 3 years from now for the first Canadian-made Gripen E to roll off the assembly line, so don't look for it at air shows any time soon. Betcha it makes it to the 2029 Canadian International Air Show at Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli #Canada and the #European Union are like nervous, soon-to-be lovers cautiously approaching each other with the sure knowledge they're on the cusp of a more intense relationship. Until then, lots of cold showers. (Hey! Not that kind of trade!) youtube.com/shorts/CsRaBsmgq… – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney What Sweden’s Saab did for Brazil and its Embraer, it will soon do for #Canada and our Bombardier. Turn us from being a buyer of foreign fighter jets to a job-rich, local producer of military aircraft and eventually an export hub. youtu.be/2rTCI6hbnh4?si=AzPh… – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney We've been hearing so much about how #Canada is modernizing its airforce with the F-35 and likely the Gripen E. But what about our current CF-18? What's been done to keep these 40-year-old fighters air worthy and up to date before retirement and switchover? – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney #Canada has taken official ownership of 2 F-35As (to be named CF-35A). They will reside at Luke Airforce base in Arizona where our pilots and mechanics will be trained through 2027. We made binding purchases for 16 CF-35As and likely will add 14 more. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney The timeline of #Canada's fighter jet procurement, with details: – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney "Even the U.S. has no answer for what Gripen just did." youtu.be/LtUgQHVir24?si=IMIj… – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney Russia's attack on Ukraine wasn't the first time air bases were targetted first. During the 6-Day War in 1967, some 400 military aircraft were destroyed while sitting on a tarmac. Events like that are the driving force behind Gripen's dispersed operations. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney Sweden was neutral. Now it's in #NATO, pulling its weight with its Gripen fighters, e.g., in Poland. #Canada is a nation of peace (Liberal PM Lester Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize). It too will fly Gripens on NATO missions. youtu.be/D9_4hqvsFiY?si=Sxy6… – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney In the future, when #Canada needs our fighter jets the most, on missions of unique national importance, who will "control the switch"? In the case of our F-35s, it will be the Americans. Let's pray the U.S. returns to sanity before they're delivered. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney Sweden’s Gripen E's, America's F-35s and the Eurofighter Typhoons are all top of the line. All have features the others do not. They all have their place, especially in a mixed-fleet airforce. The old saying "don't put all your eggs in one basket" applies. – at Pickering, Ontario