Consider the long, degrading debacle of the F–104 Starfighter, an aircraft the US never deigned to deploy, but which it sold through systematic bribery and deceit to many of its allies, and which killed scores of its pilots. Lockheed knew it was a widow-maker. We should have blackballed the company for good after that experience; Canada should never have considered the F–35 for a millisecond. The whole F–35 program exemplifies everything corrupt and incompetent in military procurement today.
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Outstanding.Outstanding. Canada is far too deferential to the Americans, far too dependent on them for military hardware. We’d do better not only to buy elsewhere, but to develop domestically. The Avro Arrow was killed because its mission disappeared—but Canada’s military aviation industry was dismantled at the same time, to appease the USA. Adopting #Rafale or #Gripen with generous industrial offsets, would begin to correct that historical blunder.
The Iran War May Be the Best Argument Against Buying US Weapons | The Walrus
Ottawa plans to spend billions on the same hardware now struggling in combat
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Fascinating. The hollowing-out of Western industrial capacity will take generations to reverse.Fascinating. The hollowing-out of Western industrial capacity will take generations to reverse. I’m especially struck by the ignorance and short-sightedness of private-equity firms and finance-minded MBAs, who never read even this sort of accessibly-technical article, but imagine their spreadsheets tell them everything they need to know about every business in the world. Shameful.
The US imports 82% of its large power transformers. How it got there, and what it will take to rebuild the capability.
Why the rebuild depends on metallurgy, apprenticeship, and one mill in Pennsylvania.
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#industry #deskilling #economics #engineering #energy #grid #greenenergy
